SafeUseNow Wins 2014 Knight News Challenge: Health Award; Project to Help …

Published January 31, 2014

SafeUseNow Wins 2014 Knight News Challenge: Health Award; Project to help …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

SafeUseNow will use data to identify incidents of prescription drug abuse with $ 208,000 in funding, as a winner of the Knight News Challenge: Health. Winners were announced Tuesday at the Clinton Foundation 2014 Health Matters conference in La Quinta, …
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Vt. community discusses prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — Community members in the Vermont town of St. Johnsbury are holding a forum on prescription drug abuse. The forum on Tuesday night is inspired by Barnet filmmaker Bess O'Brien's documentary "The Hungry Heart," which profiles …
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Medicine return box coming to Greencastle

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

“The best way to avoid the risks of prescription drug abuse, especially for children and teenagers, is to safely dispose of medications when they are unused or expired,” said Fogal. “These PA MedReturn drop boxes offer the public a safe, accessible …
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Study supports need for more control over prescribed drugs for youths

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Carol Boyd, U-M professor of nursing and women's studies and a research scientist at the U-M Addiction Research Center, says there are many reasons why adolescents misuse opioid prescriptions—including increased tolerance to the medication, which …
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