Prescription Drug Abuse PSA

Published October 1, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – I designed this as part of my final project in my humanities class. Prescription drug abuse is an issue that is affecting millions of Americans and, just as …

State Launchs BitterPill.In.Gov Website To Battle Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

(UNDATED) – Seven hundred eighteen Indiana residents died from accidental drug overdoses in 2011, a 10 percent increase from the previous year, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller visited …
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Young Americans' Prescription Med Abuse Still Down: Report

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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — The rate of illegal use of prescription drugs by young American adults is lower than it was a few years ago, as are drinking rates among kids, a new federal government report reveals. "These findings show that …
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Combating the prescription drug epidemic

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By Eric T. Schneiderman. For as long as there have been prescriptions, there has been misuse of prescription drugs. But in recent years, abuse of prescription painkillers has exploded, leaving in its wake a trail of addiction and – in too many cases …
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Abuse of medications a prescription for tragedy

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Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bucks County, have pushed for creation of a database of all prescriptions of habit-forming medications. And on Thursday, DiGirolamo called for state Attorney General Kathleen Kane to investigate the proliferation of deadly …
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