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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Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
HARRISBURG – Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced the formation of a multi-specialty physician panel to address the problem. Dr. David Talenti, vice …
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Attorney general Eric Holder calls for wider use of heroin anti-overdose drug …
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his agency was stepping up efforts to stem sharp increases in deadly heroin overdoses, trafficking in the drug and abuse of prescription narcotics at the root of what he called an "urgent public health crisis." As …
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Hennepin County Sheriff's Office hosts forum to talk about preventing drug abuse
MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is hosting a forum to talk about ways adults can help prevent drug and alcohol use among teens. The sheriff's office is teaming up with Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge and Shiloh Temple for the forum …
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New campus coalition for alcohol, drug abuse prevention formed
1:23 p.m., March 6, 2014–The newly formed Campus Coalition for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention held its inaugural meeting earlier this semester to begin expanding and advancing alcohol prevention initiatives at the University of Delaware.
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