Casey Promoting Bills to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Published March 3, 2014

Casey promoting bills to combat prescription drug abuse
Driving under the influence. Addiction. Illegal drug use. Death. All are outcomes of increased prescription drug abuse across Pennsylvania and America, said Sen. Bob Casey, who is backing two bills targeting it and the related trend of increased …
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Zimbabwe: Drug Abuse Leads to Mental Illness
More than half of the patients admitted at Zimbabwe’s mental health centres are cases associated with drug abuse, a research by the Health Professionals Empowerment Trust in Zimbabwe has found. According to the research, youths are the most vulnerable …
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Heroin, drug abuse topic of attorney general forum
Heroin in Ohio … the state to speak with people about their drug abuse concerns. On Thursday, DeWine led a group of police officers, medical professionals and social service workers in the seventh of his Drug Abuse Community Forums, this one in Warren.
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Ex-NBA player on drug abuse to Townsend kids: 'Tell on that friend'
Fourteen years later, he was still struggling with a drug addiction that had caused him to leave warm-ups before Celtics games to meet drug dealers, relapse on the day of the birth of one of his children, and nearly die after crashing his car into a …
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Senate bill aims to expand drug–abuse treatment
Senate Bill S4623 would require insurers to cover drug and alcohol abuse and dependency treatment. Currently, insurance companies routinely refuse coverage for some rehabilitation treatment deemed necessary by doctors, according to treatment experts, …
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County to Declare March Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month
As the issue gains attention across the county and nation, March is set to be declared as Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month in Orange County by county supervisors. The problem has exploded in recent years, now surpassing some of the other …
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