New Jersey, Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Target Abuse …

New Jersey, Pennsylvania prescription drug monitoring programs target abuse …

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Often at the root of this mentality is a false correlation between legality and safety, but new programs target prescription drug abuse. … The program was enacted in 2008 but went live this year and joins 41 other operational programs in the country.
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College Covers Drug Abuse, not Mental Illness

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

INDIANAPOLIS (CN) – Indiana University's health insurer will cover treatments for drug abuse or eating disorders, but not for mental illness, and the unfair policy forced a student to drop out, he claims in Federal Court. … Doe claims that under …
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Codeine abuse leads to calls for painkiller rethink

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

"It is quite a scary and foreign idea to someone who has not had much contact with the drug-using culture to be offered a treatment that's usually offered to heroin addicts," he said. "However, the principles of addiction to codeine or prescription …
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