Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help

Published August 16, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help – Arizona professionals speak on issues of prescription drug misuse and abuse, identifying ways the medical community is impacted and can help address the prob…

LACE grant helps fight prescription drug abuse

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The Huntington County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force has received a 2013 grant from L.A.C.E. (Local Anti-Drug Coalition Efforts) of Huntington County to help increase awareness of prescription drug abuse in Huntington County. The task force is …
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Cory Monteith overdose spotlights surge in heroin addiction and death

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In Washington State, among 18-to-29-year-olds, more treatment is now sought for heroin abuse than for alcohol abuse. “That's a stunning and very rapid change,” says Caleb Banta-Green, a research scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the …
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