New Agreements Available to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – 10News

New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse – 10News

New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse
10News
The agreement was prompted by the surge of prescription drug abuse and "doctor shopping." In 2012, prescription drugs played a role in the deaths of 268 people in San Diego County—a 22-percent increase compared to 2008. A total of 1,221 people have …

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Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse – Norwich Bulletin

Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse
Norwich Bulletin
Utilizing the “Lock Your Meds” theme, sponsored by the National Family Partnership, whose mission is to combat youth prescription drug abuse, the PRIDE campaign targets adults and raises awareness of the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and …

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Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting – The Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting
The Morning Sun
Many who abuse drugs do so with medications that are legal when prescribed by a physician, and those people typically take too much of the drug, steal it from others, sell prescription medications to get money for other drugs, and make frequent trips

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Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force – Marin Independent Journal

Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force
Marin Independent Journal
Three members of Marin County's new Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force know all too well how deadly the seemingly innocent bottles in the medicine chest can be. Britt Rosenmayr's son Jason, overdosed on heroin on Sept. 18, 2010, two days before his …

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