Prescription Drug Abuse in the News

Prescription Drug Abuse: Ky. gains in war on pill abuse
Kentucky is slowly gaining ground in its war on prescription-drug abuse, officials say – with more drug busts, new efforts to stem the flow of pills from Florida and a recently unveiled plan of attack from the nation’s drug czar.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: New restrictions targeting pill mills take effect Friday
By Richard Martin, Times Staff Writer Thursday, June 30, 2011 For state Rep. Robert Schenck, the goal is lofty, yet simple. He wants Florida to go from being the easiest place to obtain and abuse prescription drugs to the hardest. And he says a law that takes effect today helps do that. The sweeping measure forbids doctors in most settings from dispensing addictive pain medications, requires …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Nigeria: Frustration May Cause Drug Trafficking – NDLEA
Frustrations based on unemployment, poverty amongst other vices are drivers that can lead people into taking narcotics, Assistant Director, Research and NGO, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Femi Melatoyitan has said.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Are Americans addicted to addiction?
While drug abuse and addiction is a big deal on today’s reality TV, it’s also an integral part of our history. Americans were getting high long before the trippy 1960s, and we were jumping on the teetotaler bandwagon generations before Nancy Reagan said, “Just Say No.”
Read more on The Tampa Tribune

Prescription Drug Abuse: National Association of School Nurses NASN Addresses Prescription Drug Abuse by America’s Youth

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