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Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Panel atthe National Association of Attorneys General Meeting 3-2-10

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Summit discusses prescription drug abuse in New York
Leaders and experts in public health and public safety came together on Thursday to fight the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Lawman: Watch your medicine cabinets
Richard Hartunian, the region’s U.S. attorney, quoted statistics saying that 52 million Americans older than 12 have used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. Between 1999 and 2004, the federal Centers for Disease Control counted more lethal overdoses from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, he added. Wednesday’s summit included officials from the federal Drug …
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