What Are Peoples Veiws on Prescription Drug Addiction ?
Question by :o) bugsbee: What are peoples veiws on prescription drug addiction ?
im writting an opinion paper on prescription drug addiction…& i need help on some differnt veiws. are the doctors to blame ? Pharmacy ? Are there any “white coat dealers ”
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Answer by Snake Charmer
The government is to blame. They are aware that many of these drugs are addictive but refuse to do anything about it b/c they want the pharmaceutical companies to make money.
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Alarming growth of Ky. Drug–addicted newborns
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(AP) — The number of newborns hospitalized for drug addiction passed on from their mothers has soared in Kentucky over the last decade. Many of the tiny babies are victims of the prescription pill epidemic in Kentucky, where hospitalizations for …
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Arkansas House: Drug abuse prevention and treatment
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The task force examined the current picture of substance abuse in Arkansas and identified strategies to enhance statewide prevention. One of the areas quickly noted by the Task Force was that Arkansas was leading the nation is prescription drug abuse, …
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Prescription Drug Addiction: Rise Endangers Celebrities, Teens, and Us
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The growth rate is pretty shocking; in 2010 (the last year the CDC has data for), 2 million people reported that they had begun to use prescription drugs for non-medical purposes within the past year. That, says the CDC, comes out to 5,500 a day. The …
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