Prescription Drug Abuse Increases Drastically in 20 Years: Painkiller Use Stabilizes

Prescription Drug Abuse Increases Drastically in 20 Years: Painkiller Use Stabilizes
After an increase of opioid prescriptions that went from 76 million to 210 million over a 20-year span, researchers believe that the prescriptions and consumption of these painkillers have finally stabilized. Like Us on Facebook The results …
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Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse ‘crisis’
HARRISBURG — Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced … from friends or family members who have unused medication in their homes and from prescribing …
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Hennepin County Sheriff's Office hosts forum to talk about preventing drug abuse
MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is hosting a forum to talk about ways adults can help prevent drug and alcohol use among teens. The sheriff's office is teaming up with Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge and Shiloh Temple for the forum …
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Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
WASHINGTON — From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on abuse of prescription drugs has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and …
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