PBS NewsHour Excerpt: Prescription Drug Abuse Aired 5-3-13

PBS NewsHour Excerpt: Prescription Drug Abuse aired 5-3-13 – In this excerpt from the PBS NewsHour, correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at what Oklahoma is doing to battle prescription drug abuse, and the addiction th…

Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse, One Log In At a Time

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State health leaders are calling it an epidemic. There's growing evidence that tracking the number of pills doctors prescribe to potential abusers might ease the problem. But Rhode Island's fledgling prescription drug monitoring program is just getting …
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Suncoast Rehab Warns Students Against “Academic Doping”—Adderall Abuse …

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But what many of these students fail to realize are the dangers of prescription drug abuse. Adderall is what can be referred to as a “gateway drug,” or a seemingly harmless drug that leads to harder drug usage. Adderall is comprised of amphetamine and …
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Prescription drug overdose deaths skyrocket among women

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Frieden said the spike means more women since 2007 have died from drug overdoses than car accidents, and four times as many women died from prescription painkiller abuse than cocaine and heroin combined. In 2010, four times as many women died …
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Prescription pill problem on the rise

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“As the largest pharmacy chain in the U.S., we are fully committed to doing our part to prevent prescription drug abuse,” said Kermit Crawford, president of pharmacy, health and wellness at Walgreens. “We have worked closely with the DEA over the past …
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