Fewer Young Adults Abusing Prescription Drugs

Fewer young adults abusing prescription drugs

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

To see that their use was declining was good news for the nation,” said Dr. Peter Delany, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Prescription drug abuse starts on average …
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AAOMS a Proud Partner in the Medicine Abuse Project

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

… with more than 2,000 teens using a prescription drug to get high for the first time each day.((2)) Today, as a result of these high levels of prescription drug abuse, drug overdoses have surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental …
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