Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse

Published February 8, 2014

Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse – This webinar summarizes and classifies how communities are responding to the prescription drug abuse crisis. Crisis responses were classified using the two-d…

Irwin police receive drug drop-off box

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Nationally, 28 percent of the law enforcement agencies that participated in the annual survey reported that prescription drug abuse is their “greatest threat,” which is up from about 10 percent in 2009, according to the survey. “Many times, leftover …
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WNC communities tackle prescription drug problem

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

ASHEVILLE — Polk County is the latest Western North Carolina community to launch an initiative aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse and deaths from overdose, a problem that has hit rural areas across the region. Prescription drug abuse is the …
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