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Drug Abuse Statistics: Attorney General Chiesa Announces New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program – Insurance News Net
The apparently abusive pattern of purchasing drugs was revealed this month – and the … according to statewide statistics collected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) * The New Jersey State Commission of …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Medicaid restricts painkillers on reports of abuse – Delaware Online
The state is taking the action because of a marked increase in overdoses, deaths, addictions, abuse and diversion of painkillers … making it the the most-prescribed class of drugs — state statistics show. The cost: $ 11 million in state …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Horrific murder no surprise in U.S. meth capital – USA Today
Meth’s availability and its potential for abuse combine to create the biggest drug threat in the Central Valley … Most law enforcement agencies don’t keep statistics on how many homicides, burglaries and thefts are meth-related, but those …
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Drug Abuse: Drug Monitoring Program Aimed At Detecting Abuse
New Jersey has a new tool to aid in the fight against prescription drug abuse.
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Drug Abuse: Proposed bill would fight prescription drug abuse, Jack Conway says
Attorney General Jack Conway says lawmakers will introduce a wide-ranging bill next week to fight Kentucky's prescription drug abuse epidemic, and he expects it to require some doctors and other prescribers to use the state's electronic drug monitoring system.
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Drug Abuse: Teen Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise
Teen drug use is on the rise in Fresno County. Experts say there's been a boom in prescription drug abuse in the valley. Michelle Roberts has the story.
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Drug Abuse: Megan Follows in Shattered If Your Kid’s On Drugs – Part 6

Megan Follows in a after school special about teenage drug abuse.
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Drug Addiction: Statement from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) on Annual Monitoring the Future Survey on Drug Abuse – YAHOO!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) President and CEO Scott Melville issued the following statement regarding today’s release of the 2011 National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA’s …
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Drug Addiction: The Partnership at Drugfree.org Responds to 2011 Monitoring the Future Study Results – YAHOO!
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future study (MTF) – a highly respected annual survey on teen drug abuse tracking 47,000 8th, 10th and 12th graders – shows an increasing teen involvement with …
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Drug Addiction: Campuses see increase in prescription drug abuse – Arlington Heights Daily Herald
University of Memphis student Sarah Harrison doesn’t indulge in other people’s prescription drugs, but she knows plenty of college kids who do. Making her way across campus on a rainy afternoon, the junior said, “I mean, anyone can get it …
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Drug Addiction: 1 in 9 high school seniors using synthetic marijuana – CNN
Teenage drinking and cigarette smoking is at a historic low, but marijuana use and prescription drug abuse continue at high rates, according to a new report looking at trends among teens. And there’s a new substance raising concerns.
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Drug Addiction: Most deadly drug in NC? Prescription painkillers – WRAL
Raleigh, N.C. — Mention drug abuse or overdose and many people think of meth labs, cocaine trafficking and marijuana seizures. However, in North Carolina, doctor-prescribed painkillers have become more deadly than illegal drugs. More Info Chat …
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Drug Addiction: Addiction fears prompt tighter monitoring of painkillers
The Department of Health is demanding action to curb addiction to prescription drugs after a leap in prescribing rates for powerful painkillers and tranquillisers.
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Drug Addiction: Online registry seeks strategies to beat addiction
For more than 20 years, Bob Reese was a self-described high-functioning drunk while working as head athletic trainer for the New York Jets. He realized that had to end when he began suffering blackouts even after moderate drinking.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Dominion Diagnostics Leads Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse with Safe Use Treatment Monitoring Solution
Prescription monitoring laboratory and clinical partner Dominion Diagnostics has established a new comprehensive program, its Safe Use Treatment Monitoring Solutionâ¢. Consistent with Industry Guidelines in Pain Management, Safe Use is compliant with the FDA’s Opioid Risk and Evaluation Mitigation Strategy and individual State Prescribing Regulations for controlled substances.  The program aims …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Dominion Diagnostics Leads Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse with Safe Use Treatment Monitoring Solution – Yahoo Finance
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Prescription monitoring laboratory and clinical partner Dominion Diagnostics has established a new comprehensive program, its Safe Use Treatment Monitoring Solution™. Consistent with Industry …
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