Prescription Drugs Kill One Person Every 19 Minutes

Prescription drugs kill one person every 19 minutes – The Quiet Epidemic: prescription drug abuse destroys millions of lives Nancy Rosen-Cohen The Baltimore Sun There isn’t much attention paid to prescription dr…

STATE EDITORIALS: Treatment tops jail sentence for moms addicted to drugs

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

March 11. The Paris Post-Intelligencer on children born addicted to prescription drugs: The old argument between treatment and punishment is at the core of legislative efforts to deal with Tennessee's epidemic of children born addicted to prescription …
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Pyramid Healthcare Publishes Infographic on Illicit Drug Use in Teens

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Prescription drug abuse is another concern. The most commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs are opioids (pain relievers), stimulants (ADHD treatment), and central nervous system depressants (anxiety and sleep disorder treatment). These drugs have been …
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Poll: Kentucky oblivious to drug situation

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“People are not getting their hands on prescriptions as easily due to regulations that have been put in place,” she said. “But that leads to people turning to illicit drugs, like heroin, to get their fix.” Appropriate measures should involve addiction …
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