Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic

Published January 5, 2014

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic – Approximately 6.1 million Americans abuse or misuse prescription drugs. Since 1999, overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers have quadrupled and no…

Prescription drugs: Call to tackle addiction

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GPs must start collecting anonymous data on patients who could be addicted to prescription drugs, the Commons Home Affairs Committee of MPs has said. That would be an "important first step" in tackling the problem of up to 1.5 million possible addicts …
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Teen movie spot lights Rx drug abuse

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse found in the past year 15 percent of American high school seniors used medication recreationally. About 4 in 100,000 15-24 year olds were hospitalized from prescription drug overdoses. And half of heroin users …
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