Prescription Drug Abuse Increases Drastically in 20 Years: Painkiller Use Stabilizes
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases Drastically in 20 Years: Painkiller Use Stabilizes
After an increase of opioid prescriptions that went from 76 million to 210 million over a 20-year span, researchers believe that the prescriptions and consumption of these painkillers have finally stabilized. Like Us on Facebook The results …
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Doctors Form Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force
Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
“A strong prescription drug monitoring program will result in better health outcomes and it will identify those in need of treatment for substance abuse,” DeLone said. Dr. Michael Ashburn, a professor within the Department of Anesthesiology …
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Doctors Form Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force
Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
HARRISBURG – Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced the formation of a multi-specialty physician panel to address the problem. Dr. David Talenti, vice …
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Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death has prompted a lot of discussion about heroin in recent weeks. Heroin statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, or NSDUH, have fueled the debate, but they may be leading us astray. The NSDUH, a …
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Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
WASHINGTON — From the beginning, the U.S. government’s decade-long crackdown on abuse of prescription drugs has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use.
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State Oversight May Tame California Pot Shops
State oversight may tame California pot shops
A California lawmaker has introduced legislation to regulate the state's free-wheeling medical marijuana industry – the farmers that grow the drug, the hundreds of storefront shops that sell it and especially the doctors who write recommendations …
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Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
The crackdown has helped reduce the illegal use of some medications and raised … “I don’t think one thing has anything to do with the other,” said Rannazzisi, who emphasized that the move against prescription pills saved many lives.… Continue reading
Treatment for Addiction in Melbourne Australia?
Question by Sally M: Treatment for addiction in melbourne australia?
I am looking for an IP or OP addiction center/rehab/support groups in melbourne australia.
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Time Running Out for State's Drug Treatment 'crisis'
Time running out for state's drug treatment 'crisis'
Drug and alcohol treatment centers across the state are looking to the legislature to fix a last minute, gaping hole as some of their most basic services for thousands of recovering addicts are on the chopping block. The KING 5 Investigators first… Continue reading
Saline Leaders Say Teen Drug Use Is in Community's 'Blind Spot'
Saline leaders say teen drug use is in community's 'blind spot'
Gretchen Driskell, D-Saline, said it's too early to say what the arrests of the teens indicates about the drug culture in town. Driskell said community leaders have a lot of work to do to help families and children, and… Continue reading