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Hillsborough Jails See Increasing Number of Pain Pill Addicts – Tbo.com

Prescription Drug Abuse: Hillsborough jails see increasing number of pain pill addicts – Tbo.com

Hillsborough jails see increasing number of pain pill addicts
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"Some people are just so broken," drug counselor Gretchen Sanchez said. "It takes a lot to put them together." "It makes you feel you're going to die," said John Maslanka, a drug abuse counselor for the county's jails. "You can't think of anything

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Prescription Drug Abuse: Shareholders sue News Corp. over hacking scandal
A group of News Corp. shareholders have sued the company over a phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed News of the World tabloid in London.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Doctors rethink addiction medicine
10 medical schools have introduced the first accredited residency programs in addiction medicine, where doctors who have completed medical school and a residency will be able to spend a year studying the relationship between addiction and brain chemistry.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Pill Mills Legislation – Jne 2011

Prescription Drug Abuse: Pill Mills legislation – Jne 2011



On this segment of Clermont County Today, host Kathy Lehr travels to West Union High School to talk to Rep. Danny Bubp about new legislation aimed at prescription drug abuse. Governor Kasich was at the school to sign a resolution naming June as Prescription Drug Awareness Month.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Scopin’ the soaps
ALL MY CHILDREN: Kendall was shocked to see Griffin back in Pine Valley, as he admitted that he returned for her. Amanda and Jake learned that her pregnancy test was negative, but when Cara told Amanda that she might have symptoms of a serious illness, Amanda ordered her to hide the news from Jake….
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Czar Praises Pain Pill Mill Fight

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Drug Abuse: Czar praises pain pill mill fight
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske holds news conference in Corryville to highlight growing prescription drug abuse problem and increased heroin use in Ohio.
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Drug Abuse: Cumberland County Schools ends random drug testing program for athletes
Cumberland County Schools have ended their random drug testing program for athletes and students who participate in extracurricular activities. The announcement was made Wednesday in an email from the office of Leon Mack, student activities director for the county schools.
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The Pill Problem, by CPJ Productions Part 2

Prescription Drug Abuse: The Pill Problem, by CPJ productions Part 2



How a mother and friends have been impacted by the deaths of two Arizona State University students from prescription drug abuse and how to help someone with a prescription drug problem are highlighted in this documentary by three students from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Prescription Drug Abuse: Obama drug czar held in Ohio to talk Rx drug problem
The White House drug czar will be in Ohio talking about prescription drug abuse as the Obama administration unveils its annual drug control strategy. read more
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Bargaining might help the UAW organize at foreign automakers
This summer’s contract talks between the UAW and the Detroit Three could prove pivotal in the union’s effort to organize a foreign automaker in the U.S.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Woman Finds Hope in Recovery From Prescription Pill Abuse – McClatchy

Prescription Drug Abuse: Woman finds hope in recovery from prescription pill abuse – McClatchy
When problems arise, it doesn’t cross my mind.” O’Brock’s journey is a mirror of the national prescription drug abuse epidemic. Although most people use prescriptions for their intended purpose, an estimated 20 percent of Americans use prescription …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Feds should shut down websites selling prescription drugs without a prescription, says Sen. Schumer – New York Daily News
Recent research links a nationwide increase in the abuse of prescription drugs to the proliferation of websites that illegally sell them, said Schumer. He also urged credit card companies and wire-transfer services to block payments made to the online drug peddlers.
Prescription Drug Abuse – Bing News

Woman Finds Hope in Recovery From Prescription Pill Abuse – Sacramento Bee

Drug Addiction: Woman finds hope in recovery from prescription pill abuse – Sacramento Bee


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Woman finds hope in recovery from prescription pill abuse
Sacramento Bee
A 2009 study found that 16 million Americans ages 12 and older took prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes at least once in the prior year, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration.
Manatee woman finds hope in recovery from prescription pill abuseBradenton Herald

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Drug Addiction: Attorney general: Program would reduce prescription drug abuse, get addicts … – The Journal News | LoHud.com

Attorney general: Program would reduce prescription drug abuse, get addicts
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We know that most prescription drug addicts and dealers rely on licensed doctors and pharmacists to access substances like oxycodone, vicodin and Xanax. I-STOP provides our medical professionals with the information they need to prescribe medications