'Miracle' Spurs Parents to Help Others Fight Drug Abuse
'Miracle' spurs parents to help others fight drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
We want parents to take the blinders off and let them know if your child is using drugs. Even though there is trouble, there is hope.” The White House drug office reports that a major cause of addiction and drug overdoses is prescription drugs. Some …
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SC Inspector General: Prescription drug abuse a 'cancer' in society
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
South Carolina's inspector general told hundreds attending a prescription drug and medicine abuse summit at Winthrop University that prescription drugs represent a cancer and a silent epidemic in our society. Pat Maley says South Carolinians are at a …
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Fla. AG Pam Bondi seeks FDA help to combat prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
Pills Calling for more tamper- and abuse-resistant versions of prescription drugs, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is fighting to make generic versions of popular pain relievers harder to abuse. Bondi and 47 other attorneys general sent a letter to …
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ER protocols may stem prescription drug abuse
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Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, and a group of physicians, national experts, policy makers and professional people from around the state and across the nation met this week the Peabody Hotel in Little …
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