Continued Increase in Deaths Related to Drug Overdose for 11th Consecutive …

Continued Increase In Deaths Related To Drug Overdose For 11th Consecutive …

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The federal government will be working to track prescription drug overdose trends to gain more information on the issue, focusing on increasing education on drug abuse and overdose for the general public and health care providers, as well as developing …
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Lawmakers told there are no easy solutions for prescription drug abuse

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Two committees in the House are grappling with the enduring, and escalating, problem of prescription drug abuse in Vermont. Physicians offered members of the Human Services and Judiciary committees a range of recommendations, but no cure-all solution …
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Prescription drug abuse persists in Ohio

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There's more change coming, said Orman Hall, the director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. Change, he said, that will see the number of prescription opiate doses “drop at a much more rapid pace.” In Hall's estimation, a …
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Drug Abuse More Likely Among High School Dropouts

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The researchers also noted that about 27 percent of high school dropouts smoked marijuana, while close to one in every 10 abused prescription drugs. Meanwhile, only about 15 percent of those who completed high school used marijuana and just 5 percent …
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