Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic

Published February 4, 2014

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic — Approximately 6.1 million Americans abuse or misuse prescription drugs. Since 1999, overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers have quadrupled and no…

Hoffman found with 50 bags of heroin, addiction meds: sources
[rewrite]Multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News that authorities found six bottles of prescription drugs — including the blood pressure medication clonidine hydrochloride; the addiction treatment drug buprenorphine; the attention-deficit disorder …[/rewrite]
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RCMP warn of prescription drug abuse in Masset
[rewrite]Masset RCMP received information this past week about the possible abuse of the prescription drug Trazodone in Masset. Trazodone is an anti-depressant that relaxes people and helps them fall asleep. In the cases reported to the RCMP the Trazodone …[/rewrite]
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