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California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms
But the panel balks at a proposal to shift its authority to investigate physician misconduct to the state attorney general's office. The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.         Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
Title: Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey Category: Health News Created: 4/23/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic
Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine combined. Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results    Read more...

California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms
But the panel balks at a proposal to shift its authority to investigate physician misconduct to the state attorney general's office. The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.         Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
Title: Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey Category: Health News Created: 4/23/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic
Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine combined. Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results    Read more...

Tom Miller: Audit shows major problems at state health department
An indication of how widespread the problem of drug addiction is in southern West Virginia was highlighted in a recent statement by Judy Akers, chief executive officer of the Southern Highlands Community Health Center, during an interview with a … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch

Ohioans overdosing on painkillers, heroin
The rate of increase in accidental opioid drug overdoses in Ohio in 2011 was cut in half compared with 2010, the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services said yesterday in releasing new death statistics. But the number remains … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
Title: Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey Category: Health News Created: 4/23/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms
But the panel balks at a proposal to shift its authority to investigate physician misconduct to the state attorney general's office. The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.         Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic
Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine combined. Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results    Read more...

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
Title: Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey Category: Health News Created: 4/23/2013 10:35:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic
Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine combined. Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results

California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms
But the panel balks at a proposal to shift its authority to investigate physician misconduct to the state attorney general's office. The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.         Drug Abuse – Yahoo! News Search Results    Read more...

I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic – ABC7Chicago.com

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I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic ABC7Chicago.com Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine … Drug registry program cuts down on prescription abuseKTVQ Billings News all 2 news articles »

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BYU researchers design new pill bottle aimed at reducing drug abuse – Deseret News

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BYU researchers design new pill bottle aimed at reducing drug abuse Deseret News BYU students partnered with a Las Vegas paramedic to do just that, creating a pill-dispensing gadget called the "Med Vault," in an attempt to solve the nation's fastest-growing drug problem. Gizmodo reports that the device "was designed to be difficult …

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