Posts Tagged ‘National Prescription Drug’

Drug Drop Boxes Provided in Madill, Tish

Prescription Drug Abuse: Drug drop boxes provided in Madill, Tish
In an effort to curb prescription drug abuse, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics provided drug disposal containers in Madill and Tishomingo Tuesday.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: National Prescription Drug Take-Back initiative
To help combat the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in Southwest Virginia, local groups are hosting the National Prescription Drug Take-Back organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: New law requires doctors to check drug registry
A new law intended to crack down on prescription drug abuse in New York requires doctors and pharmacists to check a real-time registry before they dispense powerful medications.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming an Epidemic Dr Mike Foley NBC 15 10p 4-6-12

Pharmacy Holdup Shines ‘Bright Light’ on Prescription Drug Abuse – the Missourian

Prescription Drug Abuse: Pharmacy Holdup Shines ‘Bright Light’ on Prescription Drug Abuse – The Missourian

Pharmacy Holdup Shines 'Bright Light' on Prescription Drug Abuse
The Missourian
Last week's robbery at a Krakow pharmacy demonstrates the desperate steps people addicted to prescription drugs will take, the chief of Franklin County's drug task force said. “This shines a bright light on the growing problem of opiate abuse,” said

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Prescription Drug Abuse: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day – Santa Barbara Edhat


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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Santa Barbara Edhat
Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show
National Prescription Drug Take-Back initiativeTriCities.com
National Prescription Medication Take Back Day Sept. 29 / Aquatic Center NewsAliso Laguna News
Hinsdale police plan drug take-back dayThe Doings Hinsdale
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Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Use Data Counters Claims of ‘epidemic’ – BurlingtonFreePress.com

Drug Abuse: Prescription drug use data counters claims of ‘epidemic’ – BurlingtonFreePress.com


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Prescription drug use data counters claims of 'epidemic'
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Peter Shumlin in his State of the State address in January cited an “epidemic” of prescription drug abuse in Vermont as justification for allowing police to get access without search warrants to a Health Department database that tracks the medicines
Health Dept. data raise questions about drug abuse 'epidemic' in Vermont | The The Republic
Vt. lawmakers settle budget; session end in sightNECN
Committee seeks prescription database access compromisevtdigger.org
Vermont Public Radio –WCAX
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Drug Abuse: Community prevents drug abuse at take-back event – Belvoir Eagle

Prescription Drug Monitoring System Coming

Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription drug monitoring system coming
A statewide prescription drug monitoring system designed to prevent abuse could be online as early as next January, an expert in the regulation of prescription painkillers said Tuesday.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Provides An Opportunity To Fight Abuse
Do you want to help fight prescription drug abuse and the deadly consequences like the recent rash of pharmacy shootings? Well, Saturday was the day to do it. And all you had to do was check your medicine cabinet.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription drug abuse abetted by family, friends
More than 70 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers obtain the drugs from friends or relatives, usually with permission and for free, according to a government study.
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