Prescription Drug Abuse CSPAN PROJECT


 

Prescription Drug Abuse CSPAN PROJECT – By Jaritza Vega, Brianna Martinez, and Gabby Vinasco

 

Are Doctors Contributing to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic?

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Doctors write 300 million prescriptions for painkillers every year, enough for every adult American to be medicated 24 hours a day for a month. That statistic is in the Los Angeles Times' investigative series on the role doctors and pharmacists play in …
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Attorney General Host Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention in Bullitt and Marion

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presc drug abuse2 300 FRANKFORT, Ky. (1/18/13) – Attorney General Jack Conway and his Keep Kentucky Kids Safe partners today alerted thousands of middle and high school students in Bullitt and Marion counties to the dangers of abusing prescription …
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Drug Abuse Warning Network Warns About Energy Drinks

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Among college students, there are links between “energy drink consumption and problematic behaviors such as marijuana use, sexual risk taking, fighting, smoking, drinking, and prescription drug abuse,” according to the report. The American Academy of …
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