The Government Is Right to Crack Down on Prescription Opioid Abuse
The government is right to crack down on prescription opioid abuse
Mr. Holder usefully, if implicitly, rejected this criticism, noting that increased heroin abuse is a “symptom of the significant increase in prescription drug abuse that we’ve seen over the past decade” — in other words, addicts began turning to …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Increases Drastically in 20 Years: Painkiller Use Stabilizes
After an increase of opioid prescriptions that went from 76 million to 210 million over a 20-year span, researchers believe that the prescriptions and consumption of these painkillers have finally stabilized. Like Us on Facebook The results …
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Groups vying for money for youth programs to prevent drug abuse
HARLAN, Ky. (WYMT) – Four years after receiving half a million dollars to go towards programs to prevent drug abuse among children, the Harlan County Fiscal Court still has not decided how to spend it. The court system awarded the money in 2010 from two …
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Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
… supports “a comprehensive approach to drug abuse and overdose problems” that includes a statewide task force to address the issue and a prescription drug drop box program where citizens can safely discard unused prescription drugs.
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GBL drug addict's dreams destroyed when she got hooked on legal high
The recovering addict, whose 18-month-old daughter was taken away from her at the height of her drug abuse, has also spoken of her hope that she will soon be reunited with her child once again. 'I am ashamed to admit I loved GBL more than her,' she said.
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Editorial: Prevent teen drug abuse
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper last week partnered with law enforcement, parent groups and the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse to sponsor the third annual Stop Rx Abuse contest. Students in grades nine through 12 can enter by …
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