Teen Prescription Drug Abuse: What Parents Should Know
Teen prescription drug abuse: What Parents Should Know
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Yesterday, Justina McIntyre described how her son Ronnie Powell, 19, a Souderton High School graduate, died in 2008 after overdosing on prescription painkillers drugs. Today she talks about what parents should know and do to help protect their kids and …
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Nurse's license suspended over prescription drug use, report shows
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In the statement, Sanford, 35, also said she continued to request prescriptions for her boyfriend after she became addicted. In a psychiatric evaluation Aug. 23, Sanford said she stopped using pain medications at the end of 2011, but a hair-strand drug …
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Prescription drug abuse on rise among JK youth
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Jammu, Nov 15: Owing to over the counter sale, prescription drug abuse is on rise among the youngsters in Jammu and Kashmir. A recent survey has revealed that at least twenty patients with addiction symptoms are screened at different Out Patient …
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Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth
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