Prescription Drug Abuse in Indian Country Lamar Associates
Prescription Drug Abuse in Indian Country Lamar Associates – Indian Country Training, a division of Lamar Associates, 100 percent Native American owned Professional Training and Technical Assistance company. Prescription Drug Abuse in Indian Country continues to increase and in some Tribal communities eclipse the methamphetamine crisis. This interview took place on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation with Agnes and Patricia Devereaux, sisters to Rita Devereaux who died of a prescription drug overdose in 2005. The sisters agreed to the interview conducted by Walter Lamar, a cousin to the Devereaux family and enrolled Blackfeet Tribal Member.
Prescription drug deaths: Two stories
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"The problem we're dealing with with prescription drug abuse is having to balance those patients (who abuse prescription drugs) and those millions of patients that benefit from these medicines because they have a need that they and their physicians …
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Pills prove a prescription for addiction
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By Julia Medew. Nov. 18, 2012, 3 a.m.. ''Worked like magic'' … Narelle Caldwell says the drugs she was prescribed were very effective at first but she soon fell into addiction. …. The federal government announced in February that it would spend $ 5 …
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@sanjayguptaCNN help us spread the word and raise funds to put an end to #prescription #drug #abuse #retweet http://t.co/f9jmAlXv – by The_Locking_Cap (The Locking Cap)
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@_MAXWELL_ help us spread the word and raise funds to put an end to #prescription #drug #abuse #retweet http://t.co/f9jmAlXv – by The_Locking_Cap (The Locking Cap)
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RT @OHRGOPCaucus: The House unanimously passed SB 301, which will help crack down on prescription drug abuse. – by ChadGregory3 (Chad Gregory)