Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s Not What the Doctor Ordered
Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s Not What The Doctor Ordered
ATLANTA, May 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2012, “Overdose deaths involving prescription opioid analgesics, which are medications used to treat pain, have increased to almost 17,000 …
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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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Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse at Buchanan High School
Fighting prescription drug abuse at Buchanan High School
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — This week, Buchanan High School is the hub for a series of events. All organized to fight the dangers prescription drug abuse. Groups, volunteers, high school students and folks simply supporting the fight against prescription drug …
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Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse at Buchanan High School
Fighting prescription drug abuse at Buchanan High School
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — This week, Buchanan High School is the hub for a series of events. All organized to fight the dangers prescription drug abuse. Groups, volunteers, high school students and folks simply supporting the fight against prescription drug …
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Children as Young as 10 Treated for Booze and Drug Addiction in Greater …
Children as young as 10 treated for booze and drug addiction in Greater …
Further details of the pair, both aged 10, are unknown. Both received treatment in Liverpool, but NHS officials have refused to say what substances they used and give further details of the cases. Some 366 children… Continue reading
Medical Officer Says No Health Benefit to Expanded Alcohol Sales
Medical officer says no health benefit to expanded alcohol sales
While accepting expansion of alcohol sales is inevitable, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is telling the provincial government it needs to take a cautious approach and consider the unintended consequences. Earlier this month … Mackie said …
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