Casey Promoting Bills to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Casey promoting bills to combat prescription drug abuse
Driving under the influence. Addiction. Illegal drug use. Death. All are outcomes of increased prescription drug abuse across Pennsylvania and America, said Sen. Bob Casey, who is backing two bills targeting it and the related trend of increased …
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Heroin, drug abuse topic of attorney general forum
Heroin in Ohio is ”about as easy to get as pizza,” said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office is trying to get in front of the the killer drug, in part, by crossing the state to speak with people about their drug abuse concerns. On Thursday …
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NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth — NIDA TV interview with University of Michigan Professor and NIDA Grantee, Carol Boyd, Ph.D, M.S.N. following her presentation on Prescription Drug Abuse in Y…


Prescription drug abuse task force's top target
CHILLICOTHE — A recently merged task force will target ways to fight prescription drug abuse before tackling additional substance-abuse problems in the community. The group, which consists of the Chillicothe mayor's drug task force of agency officials …
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Video aims to thwart drug abuse
“These would include former addicts who share the destruction illegal drug use caused them, loved ones of addicts who share the pain and suffering of substance abuse brought to them and their families and counselors who share what they have …
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Locals fight FDA-approved Zohydro pain killer which experts say is 10 times
Doctors and professionals fighting drug addiction across the United States are up in arms over a new drug approved by the FDA called Zohydro. The drug was created to treat those with chronic pain. The problem is, it's said to be 10 times more powerful …
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