Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors on Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV

Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors On Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV – Opioid addiction is a huge problem in West Virginia. The problem can even start right in your own medicine cabinet with prescription drugs. That’s why experts answer questions about prescription drug abuse on this episode of Doctors on Call.

Winning the Fight Against Drug Abuse Among the Youth

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This would imply that 48.66 per cent of all Rwandan youth consume drugs. Another misleading element in the article is the reference to trafficking, which was not covered by the said report. Considered out of their proper context, these numbers would …
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Medical professionals who abuse drugs not rare

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Long hours, easy access to drugs, shift rotation and physically taxing elements of the job were also cited in the article as reasons drug abuse is triggered in nurses. “Access and stress are two of the main components,” said Art Zwerling of the …
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Fixing up bikes— and his life

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After more than two decades of drug addiction, 33 days in jail getting clean and a month back at home trying to figure out how to stay that way, Kevin Davis answered a knock on his door. It was a boy, 13 or 14 years old, who asked Davis if he could …
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