Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story

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

Addicted to prescription drugs? There's a prescription drug for that

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A new prescription drug intended to combat prescription drug addiction is currently in clinical trials, and an ambitious pharmaceutical company is hoping to push the drug into the U.S. marketplace, where it could have billion-dollar potential. An …
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Plunge follow-up includes drug abuse action plan

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Community members who attended “Just Once: A Plunge on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse” in November met again Friday to work on an action plan and follow up on drug abuse prevention initiatives already in place. “What we have to focus on is …
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