Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse


 

Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse – This webinar summarizes and classifies how communities are responding to the prescription drug abuse crisis. Crisis responses were classified using the two-d…

 

Region gets serious about prescription drug abuse

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In the past week, East Tennessee State University held a two-day prescription drug abuse summit, Wellmont Health Systems held a three-hour prescription drug abuse conference and in the next legislative session, state Rep. Tony Shipley, R-Kingsport …
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Coalition to tackle prescription drug abuse

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Coalition to tackle prescription drug abuse. Don and Julie Huneycutt address the crowd that came out in support of a new coalition of community leaders called HopeRx, which will tackle the increasing problem of prescription drug abuse in Henderson County.
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Prescriptions for Mental Illness Declining for the Youth

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In recent years, politicians, programs and campaigns have been working hard to combat a relatively new type of drug abuse, prescription drug abuse. Even though prescription drug abuse is not new, the increase in misusing these drugs particularly by …
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