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Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Drives Florida to Collect Old Medications – Tampabay.com

Drug Abuse: Prescription drug abuse drives Florida to collect old medications – Tampabay.com


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Prescription drug abuse drives Florida to collect old medications
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Placed there as part of the state's second annual Drug Take Back Day, the container is one of the ways Florida officials are trying to combat prescription drug abuse ravaging the state. "Florida has been known as the epicenter of prescription drug
Operation Medicine Cabinet to be Held at Valrico Sweetbay SaturdayPatch.com
Why adolescents abuse prescription drugsNigerian Tribune
Drag your old drugs out and drop 'em offGainesville Sun (blog)
Huntington Herald Dispatch –Daytona Beach News-Journal –Central Florida News 13
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Drug Abuse: Are social networking sites turning teens into substance abusers? – CBS News

Other Views: Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (Aug. 27) – Florida Today

Prescription Drug Abuse: Other Views: Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (Aug. 27) – Florida Today
… one’s home of unnecessary prescription drugs is a good start to protecting family members and loved ones from prescription drug abuse,” Bondi said. But it’s the illegal distribution of prescription drugs that makes headlines. Earlier this week …
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Oxycodone Purchases Are Dropping in Florida as State Battles Prescription Drug Epidemic – Miami Herald

Drug Abuse Statistics: Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida as state battles prescription drug epidemic – Miami Herald
“These are early statistics but very encouraging … “But we are attacking the prescription drug abuse on many fronts and making strong progress.’’
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Drug, alcohol use by Steuben youth rising – Steuben Courier
School Board President Michael L. Nisbet expressed ”shock” at the statistics. “People naively think there is no increase in drug abuse. But obviously we have major problems,“ he said. Canisteo High School principal Michael Wright said he sees …
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Drug Abuse: A Florida Drug Rehabilitation Center Here to Help You – the Delray Recovery Center – Transworld News

Drug Abuse: A Florida drug rehabilitation center here to help you – The Delray Recovery Center – Transworld News
With the growth of drug abuse and addiction, the number of addiction treatment and recovery centers has grown to counteract this growing dilemma. Drug abuse and addiction has become very prevalent in our society today and is not showing any signs of slowing down.
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Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Report Released in Princeton – The State Journal
PRINCETON — Months of work to find an effective way to fight the prescription drug problem is unveiled in southern West Virginia. Leaders in state and federal government came together in the region to share the results from the first statewide Summit on …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: ‘Prescription Drug Take-Back Day’ Announced – Florida Independent

Prescription Drug Abuse: ‘Prescription Drug Take-Back Day’ announced – Florida Independent

'Prescription Drug Take-Back Day' announced
Florida Independent
Prescription drug abuse has reached near-epidemic proportions in Florida, where an average of seven people a day die of prescription drug overdoses. # State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, was a major proponent of a statewide prescription drug
NADDI and the C.A.R.E.S. Alliance Join Attorney General Bondi in Fight Against PR Newswire (press release)
Grant awarded to help TPD fight prescription drug abuseLexington Dispatch

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Oxycodone toll in Florida spotlights prescription drug dangers – CBS News

Drug Abuse Statistics: Oxycodone Purchases Are Dropping in Florida – Florida Trend

Drug Abuse Statistics: Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida – Florida Trend


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Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida
Florida Trend
Governor Rick Scott stopped in Miami Monday to deliver news from the front lines of Florida's efforts to combat an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Florida's Statewide Drug Enforcement Strike Force — launched in late March by Scott,
Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida as state battles prescription drug MiamiHerald.com
Strike Force Winning Pill Mill WarNorth Country Gazette
Fla officials: Roundup gets pills, suspectsDaytona Beach News-Journal
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Drug Abuse Statistics: The feds and the meds: A tale of unwarranted intrusion – NewsoftheNorth.Net (blog)

The feds and the meds: A tale of unwarranted intrusion
NewsoftheNorth.Net (blog)
This program cites “potential drug abuse” and a “negative impact on aquatic life and water quality”. I have a few issues with this. The first thing I noticed, of course, is that this is federally funded program overseen by the EPA.

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