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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…
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post 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 … Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com
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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 … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Wife: Slipknot Bassist’s Final Days Blur of Drug Abuse – USA TODAY
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … Paul Gray's widow details his dark descent into drug addiction Paul Gray spent final weeks in 'blur' of drugs and Slipknot bandmates did not … Slipknot's Paul Gray Spent Final Days In A “Blur” Of Drugs |
Gray’s final days blur of drug abuse, wife testifies – DesMoinesRegister.com
Experts: Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming Big Problem in Lincoln County
Experts: Prescription drug abuse becoming big problem in Lincoln County
(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 to recent statistics, the number of drug overdoses per capita tripled in Missouri between 1999 and 2010. Only six other states have more overdoses … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Georgia wages war against prescription drug abuse
CBS46 investigates how Georgia is fighting the war on prescription drugs and if the state is winning. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, … A decade into a federal crackdown on the …
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4 Failed Attempts to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse (and Their …
It appears that the war against prescription drugs is heating up but so far, all it has done is punish those who legitimately need medication and drive addicts to riskier drugs like heroin. The following examples suggest that, as a nation, we still do …
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Wife: Slipknot Bassist’s Final Days Blur of Drug Abuse – USA TODAY
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … Paul Gray's widow details his dark descent into drug addiction Paul Gray spent final weeks in 'blur' of drugs and Slipknot bandmates did not … Slipknot's Paul Gray Spent Final Days In A “Blur” Of Drugs |
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post