Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help

Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help – Arizona professionals speak on issues of prescription drug misuse and abuse, identifying ways the medical community is impacted and can help address the prob…

Guidelines will curb drug abuse

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Those who prescribe medication are being urged to use a new set of guidelines adopted in Ohio last week in order to help curb prescription drug abuse in the state. The guidelines, which include use of a new tool built into Ohio's online prescription …
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Unite for Youth takes aim at keeping illegal prescription drugs from teens

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In Lincoln County, alcohol is still the drug of choice for students in grades 8 to 12, but according to 2010 Montana Prevention Needs Assessment and 2013 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey data, prescription drug misuse has tripled from less than 5 percent …
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Letter: Drop off unused prescription drugs Oct. 26

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I would like to alert your readers to an important event taking place on Oct. 26, 2013: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This day is an opportunity for each of us to clean out our medicine cabinets of old and unused drugs and bring them to …
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