Got Drugs? Police, DEA Team Up to Help Dispose of Old Medications
Got drugs? Police, DEA team up to help dispose of old medications
“Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in this country,” said Rusty Payne, spokesman for DEA. “Addiction rates have soared and … More than 22,000 Americans died of prescription drug overdoses in 2010, the site reported. Old or… Continue reading
Atlanta Hosts Summit on Prescription Drug Abuse
Atlanta hosts summit on prescription drug abuse
Organizers from the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence say Gov. Nathan Deal is … Organizers say the conference is expected to feature officials from state and federal agencies, treatment providers, educators and more. The summit runs from …
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What’s the Percentage of Drug Abuse in the U.s.?
Question by Nancy M: what’s the percentage of drug abuse in the u.s.?
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Percentage of what to what? Last year over 10,000 to 20,000 people max. died of taking illegal street drugs. The good news is that the use of illegal drugs in the U.S.… Continue reading
Drug Firms Have Used Dangerous Tactics to Drive Sales to Treat Kids
Drug firms have used dangerous tactics to drive sales to treat kids
Pharmaceutical companies wooed academic leaders, ghostwrote articles, suppressed damaging health data and lavished doctors with gifts to make prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs to children a blockbuster profit center, a trail of lawsuits over the …
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The CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley – Rogue Pharmacies Contributing to Prescription Drug Abuse
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley – Rogue pharmacies contributing to prescription drug abuse — In 2009, prescription drug abuse killed more people than automobile accidents. As Armen Keteyian reports, a big part of the problem is found in the pharmacie…
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Sister With Drug Abuse and Hearing and Seeing Things Need Help?
Question by Elaine e: sister with drug abuse and hearing and seeing things need help?
i feel that we need to get her help in a hospitals but she doenst have insurance and we are in the state of texas the dallas area she is trying to fight the drugs… Continue reading
Two Former New Jersey Governors Come Together to Help Drug Offenders
Two Former New Jersey Governors Come Together to Help Drug Offenders
Mr. Christie said that neither incarceration nor the country's war on drugs has succeeded in keeping former inmates out of prison. He called for wider use of the state's drug-court system, which works with individual offenders to help them… Continue reading
Financial Aid for Drug Rehabs?
Question by PragerGirl: Financial aid for drug rehabs?
I have a friend who seriously needs to get into a rehab clinic, but he has no insurance. Do you know of any programs that offer assistance in paying for the rehab. Or how to go about finding one? I would appreciate… Continue reading
Casey Helps Launch Group to Work on Prescription Drug Abuse
Casey helps launch group to work on prescription drug abuse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., announced that he has helped to launch a bipartisan working group on the Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee to tackle the increasing crisis of prescription drug and heroin abuse …… Continue reading
Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration put the number of Americans in need of treatment for drug or alcohol in 2012 at 23.1 million, but only 2.5 million were receiving assistance at a drug or alcohol treatment facility. The …… Continue reading