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Combating Prescription Drug Abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier

Combating prescription drug abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier

Combating prescription drug abuse
Petaluma Argus Courier
It was Easter weekend in 2012, but Carolyn, a lifelong Penngrove resident, wasn't paying attention to the family party at her grandparents' house, where her young cousins hunted for eggs while the adults sipped lemonade on the patio. She was too

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Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com

Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County
KMOV.com
(KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According

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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

ASSIGNMENT 13: The 'pain' of Feeling Caught in the Middle

ASSIGNMENT 13: The 'pain' of feeling caught in the middle
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's why doctors say they have to be careful when prescribing pain killers for chronic pain patients. It leaves some physicians feeling trapped in the middle, between drug seekers and patients who truly need medicine to manage their pain. That's also why chronic pain patients say they feel … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

A Common Sense Approach to Appropriate Drug Use
SAN DIEGO, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — We at Zogenix  have reviewed the letter to Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed by the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence ( CLAAD ),  The American … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Combating Prescription Drug Abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier

Combating prescription drug abuse – Petaluma Argus Courier

Combating prescription drug abuse
Petaluma Argus Courier
Today, she's trying not to be angry about the two years of her life she lost to a painkiller addiction. Her downward spiral started off like so many: she was prescribed painkillers after a routine surgery and began taking the pills recreationally. One

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Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com

Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County
KMOV.com
(KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According

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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime

A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that in 2011 nearly half of all inmates in federal prison were serving time for drug offenses, while the Washington Post notes that 20 percent of all inmates in state prison are currently there for similar reasons …
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs …
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News
This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic

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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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US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse

US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
More than 15 million people around the world have substance abuse issues, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, health officials say the abuse of prescription drugs is worsening and that deaths from prescribed painkillers have increased to more than 16,000 a year. They are calling for greater use of inexpensive and effective medications to treat what they are calling … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Our responsibility to stop drug menace, says DO
KAPIT: Fighting the drug menace is the responsibility of all and not just the police, said Kapit district […] Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 


 

Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise – As part of our ongoing Campus Journalists series, Cameron University student Kyle Bush takes us to the inaugural Medicine Park Trout Festival. This story air…