Where Can I Find Information for Prescription Drug Abuse?
Question by soccerplaya: where can i find information for prescription drug abuse?
hello everyone, i am doing a presentation on prescription drug abuse. I want to know where i can find good websites, books, and articles on why not to use them. i would also like to know some statistics. i have looked on Google but everything is from like 2000 or 2006. your help is greatly appreciated!
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Answer by Smile:)
http://www.dopestats.com/dopestats/index.jsp
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The Abuse of Prescription Drugs / Documentary Video – The abuse of prescription drugs is quickly becoming an epidemic. They’re easy to get and simple to distribute. Gone are the days when people need to go to a seedy street corner to get high. Now, they just need to go to a medicine cabinet or visit the doctor. While many communities are just beginning to figure out how to handle this legal drug problem, anti-drug groups in Tennessee have had a head start. For years, Tennessee held the unwanted distinction as the nations top state for prescription drug abuse. That is changing, thanks to hard work and cooperation. The people from Tennessee will share their experiences during this hour-long MCTFT broadcast. There will be no expert panel discussion, just advice from the people in the field. Learn how citizens in Tennessee discovered the problem and took control. Hear from coalition leaders, law enforcement, doctors, pharmacists, insurance executives, and others. See what they did so you can bring it into your own communities. Learning Objectives: See how anti-drug groups in Tennessee discovered the prescription drug problem Find out how cooperation is making a difference Learn what law enforcement officers are seeing and how they are adapting to the new drug problems Hear how health care providers are trying to protect themselves and their patients From the public domain, courtesy of the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT)
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RT @MusiCares: RT @MusiCares: The Partnership at http://t.co/KTUIKYg4 recently launched the Medicine Abuse Project to stop prescription drug abuse… h … – by SeannaTurner (Seanna Turner)
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Can the Nation Recover from the Rising Prescription Drug Abuse Problem? – #rehab #recovery http://t.co/ptMb7GQt – by drugrehabfl (Drug Rehab Florida)
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Okay so got three counts here going, DAYS WITHOUT:
Prescription Drug Abuse: 0
Tobacco: 0
Weed: 4 – by Lgraham95 (Logan Graham)