Creating Prescription Drug Awareness
Creating Prescription Drug Awareness
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
The Safe Community and the Fairfax County Police McLean District Station hosted a forum on prescription drug use and abuse Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the McLean Community Center. The 2010-11 Fairfax County Youth Survey showed that students in the …
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Substance abuse diagnoses increasing in US
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
Possibly driven by a surge in painkiller abuse, the number of drug and alcohol problems diagnosed by U.S. doctors increased by 70 percent between 2001 and 2009, according to new research. "We know that increases in prescription drug use are a big part …
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Governors' panel looks at prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug abuse
(AP) – A new program of the National Governors Association aimed at stopping prescription drug abuse is meeting in Montgomery. Gov. Robert Bentley is co-chairman of the NGA's Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Policy Academy, and he will address its …
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