Cliffside Malibu on KTLA About Prescription Drug Abuse


 

Cliffside Malibu on KTLA about Prescription Drug Abuse – The premiere addiction treatment center Cliffside Malibu was featured on KTLA’s report on prescription drug abuse. CEO/Founder Richard Taite and Medical Dire…

 

The Startling Rise Of Baby Boomer Drug Abuse

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Over the last decade, the number of boomers in Florida being treated for addiction to prescription drugs has skyrocketed. In 2001, 15 percent of Floridians in treatment were baby boomers. Ten years later that had jumped to 30 percent. So a few years …
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Prescription drug abuse up among US teens – WATE.com

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TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) — The United States appears to be in the throes of a prescription drug abuse crisis among teens, with a new survey showing that 24 percent of high school students — more than 5 million kids — have abused these …
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Pain pill shortage drives Fla. drug addicts to heroin

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“This is a public health issue. In some ways, the scale of the prescription pill problem took us all by surprise,” said Pat Castillo, vice president of the United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse. … In 2012, Broward County — just …
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