Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors on Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV


 

Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors On Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV – Opioid addiction is a huge problem in West Virginia. The problem can even start right in your own medicine cabinet with prescription drugs. That’s why experts answer questions about prescription drug abuse on this episode of Doctors on Call.

 

Prescription drug abuse: Medical Society of Virginia and Riverside offering

Filed under: drug addiction news

Community and health organizations have joined to host a series of forums in Virginia to educate health care providers, prescribers and pharmacy professionals on current best practices on how to prevent, identify and treat prescription drug abuse. On …
Read more on Daily Press (blog)

 

Grog and drugs cost me the lot: Collingwood 1990 premiership star Gavin Crosisca

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EXCLUSIVE: COLLINGWOOD 1990 premiership star Gavin Crosisca has confessed he is an addict who used illicit drugs throughout his 25-year playing and coaching career. Crosisca says he led a double life kept secret from his teammates, his wife and his …
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Tanzania: Safe Syringes for Drug Addicts

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THE government will start issuing clean medical injection equipment, including hypodermic syringes, to narcotic drug abusers to help protect them from getting infected by the HIV virus. The move is, however, opposed by a group of activists who see it …
Read more on AllAfrica.com

 

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RT @addictiontweets: #Adderall has become the drug of choice on #college campuses. http://t.co/ZQZizwyO #studydrug – by everyaddiction (Everything Addiction)