Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction-This Could Be YOU!


 

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Attorney General wants support for drug abuse legislation

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“Pain-management clinics operating outside the law negatively impact their patients' welfare, fuel addiction and harm local communities,” Zoeller said. “The growing number of patients and families who have experienced the fallout of prescription drug …
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Student contest highlights dangers of prescription drug use

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The Ohio High School Athletic Association's (OHSAA) Prescription for Prevention campaign invites Ohio high school students to help fight prescription drug misuse and abuse – and have a chance to win a $ 500 scholarship – by creating an infographic …
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Prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in teens

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Police say teens are abusing many prescriptions drugs including painkillers like oxycodone and anti-anxiety pills like Klonopin, Xanax, and Valium. Police say teens often steal prescription drugs from medicine cabinets and then sell the pills. "Within …
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Rep. Cook introduces bill to help prevent prescription drug abuse

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“This bill will continue the fight on abuse of prescription drugs and at the same time, save lives,” said Cook in a statement. “This change prohibiting substitutions to a non-tamper resistant pill will in fact, help eliminate the abuse of medications …
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