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Prescription Drug Abuse Conference Set in SW Va

Prescription drug abuse conference set in SW Va

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Heaphy says the conference's goal is to raise awareness of the social, economic and other costs of prescription drug abuse and develop recommendations to combat the problem. In July 2011 an educational forum on prescription drug abuse was held in …
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Drug drop-off coming to police station

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug abuse is now officially an epidemic in this country. So after participating in a nationwide one-day drug drop-off program, the Georgetown Police Department has just been …
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Details Emerge About Needle-Swapping Addict

Details emerge about needle-swapping addict

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The Michigan man, who is charged with federal drug crimes, allegedly used contaminated needles in a New Hampshire hospital — and possibly in others around the nation — triggering a hepatitis C outbreak involving dozens of patients. In Maryland …
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Dell leads pediatric cancer fight

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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in Commonwealth

Prescription drug abuse on the rise in commonwealth

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Prescription drug abuse has become the nation's fastest growing drug problem, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC blamed a recent spike in unintentional drug overdose death rates on a rise in the use of …
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Feds: Ex-doctor prescribed drugs to possible abusers

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Steroid Scare: A Deadly Outbreak Shows a Need for Pa. Regulation

Steroid scare: A deadly outbreak shows a need for Pa. regulation

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Two pain management clinics — one in Altoona and also South Hills Pain & Rehab Associates, with facilities in Jefferson Hills, Bethel Park, Monessen and Brentwood — were involved. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food …
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At PSU, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard recounts sexual abuse, says he cried for

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Youth Struggle With Alcohol, Drugs After Detention

Youth struggle with alcohol, drugs after detention

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Substance use disorders (alcohol and illicit drugs) are the most prevalent and persistent psychiatric disorders for teens after detention—and males are two to three times more likely to have drug or alcohol use disorders than females. (Credit: "teen …
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Outbreak puts focus on compound pharmacies

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New England Compounding Center: Avoid Drugs From Company Tied to

New England Compounding Center: Avoid Drugs From Company Tied To

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So far, 35 people in six states – Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina and Indiana – have contracted fungal meningitis, and five of them have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All had received steroid …
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Air Force medical treatment facilities not involved in multi-state meningitis

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