We Must Do More to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse – Asheville Citizen-Times

We must do more to fight prescription drug abuse – Asheville Citizen-Times

We must do more to fight prescription drug abuse
Asheville Citizen-Times
It was appalling to read the Citizen-Times viewpoint, March 19: “Overdoses coming from unexpected new corner” concerning prescription drug use in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world. It stated the U.S. has 5 percent of the world's population and

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Prescription Drug Abuse Forum Held in Buckhannon – WBOY-TV

Prescription Drug Abuse Forum Held in Buckhannon
WBOY-TV
Law enforcement officers, state representatives, and community members set out to address the issue of prescription drug use at a town-hall style meeting on Tuesday night, thanks to a SUCCESS/BHHF state grant that funds substance abuse prevention.

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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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Lancaster coroner: Prescription drug abuse an “epidemic,” caused 46 deaths … – Lancaster Newspapers

Lancaster coroner: Prescription drug abuse an “epidemic,” caused 46 deaths
Lancaster Newspapers
Yet, officials say, prescription drug abuse kills more people in Lancaster County than cocaine and heroin — by far. "There is an epidemic of prescription drug abuse," said Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, county coroner and a longtime family doctor. That's

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