The Prescription Drug Toll

The prescription drug toll

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Not that the state has been apathetic about prescription drug abuse. One of the 71 doctors awaits trial on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the overdose deaths of three patients, The Times reported; four others already have been …
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Prescription Drugs On The Black Market

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

In 2010, 16 million Americans reported using a prescription drug for non-medical reasons. CBS13 went undercover and found it's easy to get these drugs on today's black market. But when you see the effects of misused and abused prescription drugs, you …
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Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

In a recent newspaper article, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator called the abuse of prescription drugs an “epidemic” in the state. Aly Hassan, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine …
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Report: Prescription abuse, pot use on the rise: But the report by the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy … http://t.co/qrirAmQ5 – by LiquorBargain (LiquorBargain)

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Impromptu drug talk w 8y/o ended in, “All I know is I will never abuse prescription drugs – NO ONE would WANT to take that cough medicine” – by gun5hy3 (backoff)

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Chain drug stores call on federal officials to address prescription drug abuse – San Antonio Business Journal http://t.co/tgLKKWxs – by AnonymousHands (Clay Simmons)