Myth: Holland and Portugal have legalized marijuana. NATHALIE MAGNIEZ/AFP/Getty Images. Fact: The Dutch have never formally legalized marijuana. They have an official policy, since 1976, of not enforcing existing laws against possession of small amounts or coffee shops, about 700 of them, selling small amounts. But growing, distributing and importing pot is still a crime in the Netherlands.
Lyrica (pregabalin) is an FDA-approved drug treatment for fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that causes long-term, widespread muscle pain and tenderness, trouble sleeping, and overwhelming tiredness.Lyrica is not an antidepressant. Rather, it is a drug that targets nerve signals.ibromyalgia is a perplexing and often debilitating disorder, but treatment can help. Lyrica, a medicine used to treat patients with seizures, pain from shingles, and nerve pain from diabetes and spinal cord injuries, is offering new hope to those living with the pain of fibromyalgia.
yes. Answer 2: In the criminal sense of the term narcotic, meaning Controlled Substance, it is. In the MEDICAL sense of the word, meaning opiate or opioid, it is not. Lyrica is technically an anti-convulsive.It is addictive, and in some people who have endured abrupt withdrawal from both opiates and pregabalin (Lyrica) at different times in their lives, the Lyrica withdrawal was WORSE BY FAR.t is not related  to narcotic drugs. But it is a Controlled Substance and it IS,  emphati â¦ cally, an addictive drug. People who take Lyrica need to be  very careful not to become addicted to it, just as people who are  prescribed narcotics or benzodiazepines or other addictive or  habit-forming medications must.