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Program aimed at reducing drug abuse in Berks expands A program aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse in Berks County is expanding. Prescription drug collection boxes are now at police stations in Wyomissing, West Reading, Shillington and Bally. This means there are nearly two dozen boxes across Berks County where you can safely dispose of unused or unwanted medicine. "Frankly it's a win-win situation because we're seeing today a direct … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results   B.C. hospitals lax in stemming 'explosion' of prescription drug abuse, expert warns A B.C. drug expert says hospitals and their pharmacies are not doing enough to help stem an “explosion” of prescription drug abuse. The claim by Simon Fraser University Prof. Benedikt Fischer, an expert on prescription opioid abuse, is supported by documents obtained by The Province under freedom of information legislation. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search R ...

...  approved the bill by Guthrie …Oklahoma Senate panel passes bills aimed at reducing prescription drug abuseTulsa WorldBills aimed at cracking down on prescription drug abuse advance to the SenateKRMGFallin thankful for bill that cracks down on doctor shoppingDaily Ardmoreiteall 34 news articles »Drug Abuse – Google News   Shumlin tapped to co-lead drug abuse meeting – WCAXShumlin tapped to co-lead drug abuse meetingWCAXMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will co-lead a session for national governors about reducing prescription drug abuse. Shumlin, a Democrat, will be paired with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, to lead this year's nationwide …Prescription drug abuse focus of governors' winter meeting sessionvtdigger.orgall 11 news articles »   Read ...

How A Big Drug Company Inadvertently Got Americans Hooked On Heroin Between 1996 and 2011, the number of people who ended up in substance abuse treatment centers in Suffolk County, where Arielle lives, as a result of heroin jumped 425 percent, according to a 2012 special grand jury report from the county's Supreme … Read more on Huffington PostGovernor Shumlin Headlines Panel On Prescription Drug Abuse A panel on C-SPAN featured a discussion on states' efforts to combat prescription drug abuse, an issue that took the national stage when Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin devoted January's state of the state address to the problem. The National Governors … Read more on WAMCPainkillers, tranquilizers an increasingly fatal mix ?A 2012 study in the American Journal of Addiction found that the benzodiazepine alprazolam, the generic version of Xanax, contributed to a growing number of drug deaths in West Virginia. It contributed to 17% of such deaths in 2005 and  ...

...  governor tapped to co-lead drug abuse meeting with Sandoval Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will co-lead a session for national governors about reducing prescription drug abuse. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search ...