Short Documentary About Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 27, 2013

Short Documentary About Prescription Drug Abuse – In the addiction process, people find that they slowly begin to lose touch with their values and morals. In search for a fix, their lives slowly dwindle into…

Today is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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The agency noted that rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are alarmingly high — with more Americans abusing prescription drugs than cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined, according to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and …
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'Take Back' event aims to lower prescription drug abuse

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The DEA partnered with local and tribal law enforcement to ensure the rate of prescription drug use drops. According to the DEA, the last five events collected 2.8 million pounds of prescription medication that was removed from circulation. “DEA is …
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Drug Take Back Day Offers Safe Drug Disposal in Minn., Nationwide

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Payne says the DEA wants to do anything it can to discourage prescription drug abuse, "particularly keeping people's medicine cabinets safe and free of these unnecessary medications." He stresses there are no questions asked, no names taken — it's …
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