Prescription Drug Abuse PSA
Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – I designed this as part of my final project in my humanities class. Prescription drug abuse is an issue that is affecting millions of Americans and, just as …
County drug abuse deaths top 20 at mid-year
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To help combat the prescription drug abuse problem, the Task Force has enacted a “Scrip Watch” program, and physicians and law enforcement agencies can utilize the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Turner said. Through the programs, law …
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Electronic Prescriptions Help Prevent Drug Abuse
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Electronic Prescriptions Help Prevent Drug Abuse. Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:28 PM EST. Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:44 PM EST. By Van Tieu – email. Back when doctors only wrote prescriptions with pen and paper, forgeries were a …
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Bitter Pills series: Help for addicts is hard to find
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"It's a horrible situation in this town, horrible, trying to help people that have a drug problem." he said. "It just doesn't happen." Sizemore, mental health officials and other advocates for painkiller addicts say a major reason the problem continues …
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In Reply: Medical professionals need pain treatment training
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Enactment of this legislation should help to reduce prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths and ensure that those who need effective pain management do not continue to suffer unnecessarily. The writer, who lives in Pelham, is executive director of …
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