Letters: Drug Abuse Starts With the Individual
Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
WASHINGTON — From the beginning, the U.S. government’s decade-long crackdown on abuse of prescription drugs has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use.
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Growing prescription drug abuse in India says UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and is a serious problem in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region’s illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India’s pharma industry and smuggled from …
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To combat prescription drug abuse, database tracking is key: David Freed
Prescription drug abuse is reaching epidemic levels in Pennsylvania. The addiction, the destruction, the overdoses — they are plaguing too many of our communities. And prescription drug abuse often leads to heroin abuse, which brings even more destruction …
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Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on …
From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and federal officials …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Community Forum/Workshop
CAASA The local Prescription Drug Abuse Abatement Council will sponsor its 5th Awareness Forum/Workshop on the dangers of prescription medication abuse on Thursday, April 3rd at the College of Southern Maryland, Prince Frederick Campus, Building B, …
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