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
Are we going to just talk about it or instead actually do something? We know that one of the most effective ways of combating prescription drug abuse is through the operation of robust prescription drug monitoring programs. Research shows that these …
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Students urged to break silence on drug abuse
Ron Putnam, whose 21-year-old daughter died of an accidental heroin overdose two years ago, urged West Salem High School students Thursday to speak up if they suspect their peers are abusing drugs. “I know you all think you're young and strong and …
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Sen. Markey To Discuss Drug Abuse Crisis In Mass.
HOLYOKE, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is planning to join Congressman Richard Neal and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss heroin and prescription drug abuse in western Massachusetts. Markey is planning to speak on what he's calling the drug …
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