Are Doctors Contributing to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic?
Are Doctors Contributing to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic? – www.kcet.org Doctors write 300 million prescriptions for painkillers every year, enough for every adult American to be medicated 24 hours a day for a month. That statistic is in the Los Angeles Times’ investigative series on the role doctors and pharmacists play in the prescription drug crisis. Journalists Scott Glover and Lisa Girion speak to Madeleine about their findings.
Raid Of The Day: The 39th & Dalton Edition
Filed under: Los Angeles Drug Abuse
(Sources: Marita Hernandez, "Allegations of Abuse by Police Told at Hearing," Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1988; John L. Mitchell, "The Raid That Still Haunts L.A.," Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2001; Richard Serrano, "Reports Tell of Frenzy and …
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Ryan Braun implicated again, named on anti-aging clinic list
Filed under: Los Angeles Drug Abuse
LOS ANGELES, February 6, 2013 — Ryan Braun has been linked to performance enhancing substances…again. … In his statement, Braun's attorney, David Cornwell said, “In the 15 years that I have represented players facing discipline under the various …
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Prescription drug abuse prevention program held at island school
Filed under: Los Angeles Drug Abuse
That change led him to teaching in Los Angeles at one of the highest gang and drug schools in the state of California. "It was very rewarding because I was able to connect with people," Seliger said. In 2005, he got married and eventually became the …
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