Prescription Drug Abuse Summit- Treatment and Prevention Perspective- 03

Prescription Drug Abuse Summit- Treatment and Prevention Perspective- 03 –

Collaboration Needed to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Access Issues …

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To hear a story of one family that has been devastated by prescription drug abuse is to receive motivation to tackle the problem. Yet to hear a story of a suffering patient, whose treatment requires legitimate use of an appropriately prescribed …
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Substance abuse a problem that plagues the UP

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CALUMET – When 33-year-old Eric W. was 17 years old, his home life was so bad he started abusing opiates, and as a result of those years of abuse, he is a resident of Phoenix House substance abuse treatment center in Calumet. Eric (It is the policy of …
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Leading National Pain and Addiction Treatment Specialist Comments on CDC …

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"The recent report from the CDC is just the latest in a trend of increasingly disturbing data relating to the prescription drug epidemic. Those of us in the field of chemical dependency treatment have seen dramatic increases in abuse and overdose for …
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