Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Leading to Rise in Pharmacy Hold-Ups – WAFF

Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription drug abuse leading to rise in pharmacy hold-ups – WAFF

Prescription drug abuse leading to rise in pharmacy hold-ups
WAFF
In addition to the security measures, pharmacies also depend on local law enforcement to crack down on prescription drug abuse. "We've had a drastic increase in the abuse of prescription drugs, Oxycontin, Roxycontin, Percoset, Xanax," said Sgt. Michael

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Dangerous Abuse and Addiction – Prescription Pain Killers – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)

Dangerous Abuse and AddictionPrescription Pain Killers
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After the shootings, the alleged perpetrator stole prescription drugs and ran off. He is still at large. This horrific incident highlights the continued burgeoning epidemic of prescription drug abuse and addiction. Increased pain management substances

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Study: County’s drug, alcohol addiction still greater than state – nwitimes.com

Study: County's drug, alcohol addiction still greater than state
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The same was largely true in the use of marijuana. The study also found that while heroin abuse receives a great deal of public attention, it trails far behind prescription drug abuse. An age of particular concern highlighted in the study,

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Reports: David Laffer Arrested in Medford Pharmacy Shooting – Long Island Press


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Reports: David Laffer Arrested in Medford Pharmacy Shooting
Long Island Press
The case comes as Long Island is gripped by an epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse. It is the worst such case since the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre when Colin Ferguson killed six people and wounded 19 at the Merillon Avenue station.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Pfizer Pioneers New Anti Opioid Addiction Technology
There is a new painkiller on the market. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Pfizer’s Oxetca which is intended to stave off pain for patients, but will be less addictive and more out of reach of pain medication abusers. Oxetca is the first immediate-release oxycodone HCl medicine that applies technology designed to discourage common methods of tampering associated with …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Something for Seniors
CADILLAC – Seniors had a day in the spotlight during an expo at the Wexford Civic Center where the activities, prizes, music and more were all geared toward their needs.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: John Bostrom sentenced to decades in prison for murder in beating death of his step-grandmother, Lois Decker
Bostrom is 6’1” and weighs 220 pounds. Decker was 77 years old and had been battling breast cancer for six years and was weakened by chemotherapy.
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