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Parents360 Rx – The Parents360 Rx video is an easy-to-use tool to share information with parents and other concerned citizens about the real dangers of medicine abuse and ways to prevent and respond to it. Learn more at pact360.org and www.MedicineAbuseProject.org.

 

What does rising prescription drug abuse mean for the war on drugs?

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers. Nowhere is the problem more apparent than Houston, where the renowned medical center area has become “a national hotspot for prescription drug abuse,” according to …
Read more on Houston Chronicle (blog)

 

Poison control reports for opiates shift to eastern Ohio

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Poison control reports for opiate exposure, a side-effect of high prescription drug abuse, shifted from southern Ohio to the eastern part of the state, according to data presented Tuesday at the Ohio Attorney General's Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory …
Read more on Coshocton Tribune

 

Elevated crime a product of drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The town was plagued by a prescription drug abuse, but habits have changed and the rising cost for prescription drugs has allowed heroin to gain popularity, he said. “Heroin is cheaper and easier to attain. It's a matter of supply and demand. As the …
Read more on The News Journal

 

From Twitter:

Decline in Illicit Drug Abuse; Prescription Drug… http://t.co/LdSIhGiK #Illegaldrugtrade #Prescriptionmedication #Substanceabuse – by IntegratedTrtmt (IntegratedTrtmt)

 

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RT @natejudejones: What does rising prescription drug abuse mean for the war on drugs? http://t.co/YvsepniM – by ZFTWARNING (John Sullivan)

 

From Twitter:

This is a great opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet to prevent prescription drug abuse. – by ColoradoEAPA (Colorado EAPA )