Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic – The United States is in the grip of an epidemic of prescription drug overdoses. Over 27000 people died from overdoses in 2007, a number that has risen five-fold since 1990 and has never been higher. Prescription drugs are now involved in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. For health professionals, policymakers and legislators, addressing this problem is complicated—while they push for education, prevention, and enforcement to reverse this epidemic, they must also ensure that patients with a legitimate need for these medications still have access to them. This important session of Public Health Grand Rounds will address these challenges and explore the innovative state and federal policies and interventions that are showing promise in reducing injury and death from this epidemic. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: www.cdc.gov This video can also be viewed at www.cdc.gov
Neal: Laughable left-wing intolerance
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Outside of that, a host of poor outcomes is evident: higher poverty rates, lower levels of educational attainment, greater substance abuse (smoking, drinking, and drug use), having sex at an early age, which means they are often young and unmarried …
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Setting a federal standard on marijuana
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If marijuana does indeed have a medical purpose, then it makes sense to write federal legislation that would treat it like an ordinary prescription drug, complete with FDA oversight. Anything less would probably just add to the confusion and abuse …
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Pessimists Live Longer Lives According To A New Study
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A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study found 5.8 percent of people age 50 to 59 used illicit drugs in 2010, up from 2.7 percent in 2002. … When a diabetic has a heart attack, the pain is often displaced to other areas such as the lower …
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