Atty. Gen. Harris Hopeful Senate Will Back Prescription Monitoring
Atty. Gen. Harris hopeful Senate will back prescription monitoring
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
The program is seen as key to preventing prescription-drug addiction and overdoses by identifying doctor-shopping patients an the physicians who cater to them. The bill is supported by a broad coalition of business and interest groups, including the …
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Wal-Mart Foundation gives to 2 recovery centers
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
The centers are part of the Recovery Kentucky program aimed at helping the state overcome widespread drug addiction. Kentucky has been hit especially hard by prescription drug abuse. Political leaders have been bemoaning that more Kentuckians now die …
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Our View: Laws, public information can help stem drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
From alcohol and prescription drug abuse, to illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, crack and heroin, to other dangerous substances such as methamphetamine and the latest scourge, synthetic marijuana, people's lives often hang in the balance. As …
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Zoeller gains tools in prescription drug fight
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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says his office has been assisted in its fight against prescription drug abuse by new state laws, while allowing more needs to be done to reduce the amount of medications that are trafficked illegally on the …
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