Pharmacies Use Online Tool to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
Pharmacies use online tool to fight prescription drug abuse
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According the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, last year 80 percent of drug overdoses in Oklahoma involved prescription drugs.To bring that number down some pharmacies are using tools to put a cap on abuse. "We're able… Continue reading
Mass. Women at Trial: Pregnancy Drug Caused Cancer – KMPH FOX 26 | Central …
Mass. women at trial: Pregnancy drug caused cancer – KMPH FOX 26 | Central …
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Jerry Brown is challenging a federal court order that California further reduce its inmate population to improve prison conditions, reigniting a legal battle that already once reached the… Continue reading
Ind. Substance Abuse Hospital to Open Women's Drug-, Alcohol-Treatment Center …
Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol-treatment center …
Filed under: drug addiction treatment center
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its… Continue reading
Christie's State of State Speech Expected to Focus on Sandy
Christie's State of State speech expected to focus on Sandy
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Prosecutors can no longer block a nonviolent drug-addicted offender from entering a treatment program instead of prison, thanks to a bill Christie signed into law in July. The governor also set aside $ 2.5… Continue reading
Treatment Centers Lack Funding to Help Drug Addiction
Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction
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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Officials say prescription drug abuse is leading the drug epidemic. They say treating the addiction is key, but limited funding for treating substance abuse is making that difficult. "You wouldn't believe the amount… Continue reading
Prescribing Prognosis Mostly Positive
Prescribing prognosis mostly positive
Filed under: residential drug treatment centers
Pain medication prescriptions wait to be picked up by patients at the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center pharmacy. The state is using new pain medication prescribing rules and a prescription monitoring program to help curb prescription drug abuse and …
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(Part 5) Whitney Houston Interviewed by Diane Sawyer
(Part 5) Whitney Houston interviewed by Diane Sawyer – After years of mysterious cancellations and erratic behavior, Whitney Houston has admitted using drugs, but says the problem is in the past. In a rare interview, Houston told Primetime’s Diane Sawyer that she has used alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and prescription… Continue reading
Mother Petitions for Change
Mother petitions for change
Filed under: free drug addiction help
A grieving Saskatoon mother wants the community to join her in demanding the government help parents protect their teenage children from lethal drug addictions. Chantaey Katchmar was 16 when she died from an overdose last July. Her mother, Carla …… Continue reading
YEAR in REVIEW: Looking Back at Williston's Top 2012 Stories
YEAR IN REVIEW: Looking back at Williston's top 2012 stories
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23, Chief Roy Nelson resigned following an extended leave of absence for cancer treatment. On Feb. 6, the Williston Selectboard heard … Conversely, officials from Maple Leaf Farm, an Underhill-based alcohol and… Continue reading
END the WAR on DRUGS FACTS and STATISTICS
END THE WAR ON DRUGS FACTS AND STATISTICS – The Federal Government spends over billion dollars per year in the War on Drugs — almost 0 every second — and we have lost. The reason for this failure is that we are fighting the war on the wrong front.… Continue reading