Family Turns Life Around After Drug Abuse
Family turns life around after drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
It's part of an effort to eradicate prescription drug abuse which is becoming the most prevalent form of drug abuse in the state and nationwide. Along that vein, a new Indiana law requires that caregivers must use INSPECT before prescribing, dispensing …
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Doctor's arrest for writing over M in addictive prescriptions highlights …
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
Rockville Centre Police Commissioner Charles Gennario said that his department had arrested someone in Rockville Centre over a year ago who had easily obtained an addictive prescription medication from the doctor. That arrest helped to widen an …
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Prescription drug overdoses rise
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
In an attempt to stem prescription drug abuse, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted in January to toughen restrictions on painkillers, such as Vicodin, containing hydrocodone. The recommendation would limit access to the drugs by …
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Generation Rx – Documentary (2008) – Documentary focusing on prescription drug addiction told by the stories of four addicts.