Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic
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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Parent With Prescription Drug Addiction?
Question by writeyoualetter: Parent with prescription drug addiction?
[rewrite]So my mother is addicted to Morphine, Oxys, Hydrocodone/ine, Muscle Relaxers, Anti-Naseau pills and Tylenol. We are extremely poor. Me and my dad work, she doesn’t. Because he has to buy her so much stuff, I had to get a job to support myself. I’m a senior in college.
Everyday feels like an uphill battle to stay alive. I wake up every morning and think, okay, today I’m going to be alive to go back to bed. But some days it’s really hard to make it back.
Morgantown City Council – Red Ribbon Week Is October 23-31, 2011
Morgantown City Council – Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31, 2011 — Whereas, cities across America have been plagued by numerous problems associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; and Whereas, substance abuse is pa…
TOP FIVE STORIES OF 2013 — No. 2: Efforts to overcome region's drug …
[rewrite]Va., reintroduced the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sponsored by Rep. Nick Rahall III, D-W.Va., in an effort to reduce deaths and prevent the unsafe use of prescription drugs. The bill sought to form a uniform reporting system …[/rewrite]
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Curb on Seniors' Drugs Protested
Curb on seniors' drugs protested
[rewrite]WASHINGTON — New rules proposed by the Obama administration to limit the array of antidepressants and other prescription drugs currently available to millions of seniors have set off an intense round of lobbying by patient advocates clamoring to …[/rewrite]
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New Generation Rx Online Game Teaches Teens about Prescription Drug Abuse
[rewrite]DUBLIN, Ohio, Jan. 15, 2014 — /PRNewswire/ — In its newest educational program, the Generation Rx Initiative mixes online learning with video games to promote learning about the dangers of prescription drug misuse and abuse.[/rewrite]
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Local Anti-Substance Groups Discuss KHS Drug Policy
Local anti-substance groups discuss KHS drug policy
[rewrite]… widespread substance abuse there. On Wednesday afternoon, a group of representatives from local drug and alcohol prevention organizations and the high school met to discuss strategies to prevent teens from drinking, smoking and using other drugs.[/rewrite]
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New Program Seeks to Stop Teen Rx Drug Abuse
[rewrite]They said Colorado ranks as the number two state regarding the amount of people who abuse prescription drugs, and they said more than 29 percent of teens admit to abusing pills. The Rise Above Colorado campaign utilizes all the forms of modern …[/rewrite]
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How to Pay for Detox From Perscription Drugs?
Question by John W: How to pay for detox from perscription drugs?
[rewrite]My mom is addicted to Norco and Xanax. She desperately wants to get off, but all these detox programs in our area cost thousands of dollars we don’t have. She is currently living off of SSI and I am a full time college student. Is there some way we could do this cheaply or for free? Are there any charities out there that do this kind of thing for people? She’s been addicted for over five years and her health is starting to deteriorate as a result. She’s tried cold turkey, as well as every relevant phone number in the book (including local churches). It seems like we’ve exhausted every possible option we know of. Any suggestions?
I live in northern California, San Fransisco Bay Area
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