Prescription Drug Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions

Prescription Drug Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB) — Prescription drug abuse is reaching epidemic proportions. Here in Massachusetts, Governor Patrick has declared a statewide emergency to deal with drug abuse. The Holyoke Health Center is bustling with activity. It treats some …
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Special drug abuse committee heard last testimony
BOSTON (WWLP) – Efforts are being made to tackle the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts. 22News spoke with non-abusing patients who are concerned with potentially limiting their access to painkillers. Opioid abuse and hundreds of overdose deaths prompted …
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DURECT Announces Participation in Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Meeting
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) today announced that James E. Brown, President and CEO of DURECT Corporation, will be an industry speaker at the Bay Area Prescription Drug Abuse Summit on May 7, 2014 in San …
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Mother's 'challenge' focuses on drug abuse
This harrowing incident spurred Richardson to start Challenge-28, a grassroots movement to increase awareness of substance abuse among adolescents and promote clean living and healthy choices by teenagers and their families. Read more of this story …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Here in Massachusetts, Governor Patrick has declared a statewide emergency to deal with drug abuse. The Holyoke Health Center is bustling with activity. It treats some 8,000 patients for all kinds of medical problems and has its own pharmacy.
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