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

Published June 22, 2013

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…

Trends in Prescription Drug Abuse: 'Bridging Medications'

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Outside of approved traditional opioid maintenance programs, I've heard that some drug addicts are using prescription drugs for "bridging." What is this practice, and which prescription drugs may be involved?
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Missing Enzyme Linked to Drug Addiction

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Drug addiction occurs, in part, because opioid-containing drugs alter the brain's biochemical balance of naturally produced opioids. Nationwide, drug abuse of opioid-containing prescription drugs is skyrocketing, and researchers are trying to identify …
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