prescription drug abuse

Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use

Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
said the connection between prescription drugs and heroin “was not on the radar screen” during most of Obama’s first term and that he “didn’t do everything I should have” to raise awareness of the growing heroin problem. Now …… Continue reading

Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use

Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
State and federal officials have pressed their campaign against prescription-drug abuse with urgency … the recent death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from heroin and other drugs, experts on addiction say the government’s actions …
drug abuse – Bing… Continue reading

Sen. Ed Markey to Discuss Drug Abuse Crisis in Mass. – Boston Herald

Sen. Ed Markey to discuss drug abuse crisis in Mass. – Boston Herald


Philly.com
Sen. Ed Markey to discuss drug abuse crisis in Mass.
Boston Herald
HOLYOKE, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is planning to join Congressman Richard Neal and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss heroin and prescription… Continue reading

Letters: Drug Abuse Starts With the Individual

Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Letters: Drug Abuse Starts With the Individual

Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
drug abuse… Continue reading

Oklahoma Senate Advances Bill Targeting Prescription Drug Abuse – Tulsa World

Oklahoma Senate advances bill targeting prescription drug abuse – Tulsa World

Oklahoma Senate advances bill targeting prescription drug abuse
Tulsa World
OKLAHOMA CITY — The state Senate on Wednesday passes a measure aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse. Senate Bill 1821 by Sen. A.J. Griffin, R-Guthrie, would require physicians… Continue reading