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Prescription Abuse Skyrocketing, Leading to More Heroin Addicts, Experts Say

Prescription abuse skyrocketing, leading to more heroin addicts, experts say
District attorneys, health officials and substance abuse experts gathered May 7 in San Francisco to discuss the growing problem of prescription abuse and come up with strategies, including requiring the use of drug databases and more aggressive crackdowns on 'dirty doctors. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Prescription drug addicts 'are adept' at fooling GPs
Most of the people Dr Alun George treats at Bradford’s Unity Centre are seeking recovery-based treatment for class A drug use – but he also sees people who are dependent on prescription drugs. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day is Saturday
Clean out your medicine cabinet to help reduce the misuse or accidental use of prescription drugs. Saturday, May 10 is National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day, an event organized by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and supported by Police Services and other organizations across Canada. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Research and Markets: Substance (Drug) Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: Includes 10 Company and 31 Drug Profiles

Research and Markets: Substance (Drug) Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: Includes 10 Company and 31 Drug Profiles
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Substance Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014" report Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Harper Government Encourages Canadians to Participate in National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day-May 10, 2014
Public Safety Canada / Health Canada Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

DURECT Announces Participation in Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Meeting
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — DURECT Corporation (DRRX) today announced that James E. Brown, President and CEO of DURECT Corporation, will be an industry speaker at the Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit on May 7, 2014 in San Francisco.  The summit is an effort to bring together senior policymakers, medical professionals, educators, local, state and federal law enforcement … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Research and Markets: Substance (Drug) Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: Includes 10 Company and 31 Drug Profiles

Research and Markets: Substance (Drug) Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014: Includes 10 Company and 31 Drug Profiles
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Substance Abuse – Pipeline Review, H1 2014" report Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Harper Government Encourages Canadians to Participate in National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day-May 10, 2014
Public Safety Canada / Health Canada Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

DURECT Announces Participation in Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Meeting
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — DURECT Corporation (DRRX) today announced that James E. Brown, President and CEO of DURECT Corporation, will be an industry speaker at the Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit on May 7, 2014 in San Francisco.  The summit is an effort to bring together senior policymakers, medical professionals, educators, local, state and federal law enforcement … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Harford Co. Disposes Unused, Expired Medications

Harford Co. disposes unused, expired medications
More than 300 people participated in Harford County's National Prescription Drug Take Back event last Saturday, which helped to properly dispose 1,389 pounds of unused and expired medicines. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how …
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems.

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Prescription Drug Take Back Events Hold Hope for Permanent Drop-Off Locations

Prescription drug take back events hold hope for permanent drop-off locations
Two-thirds of prescription drug abuse in Colorado is tied to unused drugs lying around our homes, according to the state's attorney general. Police in Southern Colorado held drug take back events on Saturday (4/26/14) to try to stop that problem. It's the eighth time Colorado's held a drug take back event. Law enforcement has held the event every six months for the last four years. Every so … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Second nation drop-off day declared
Minister of Public Safety Steven Blaney recently joined member of Parliament John Weston (West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country) to declare the second national prescription drug drop-off day on Saturday, May 10. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results