Prescription Drug Abuse Victims


 

Prescription Drug Abuse Victims – A video of young adults who died because of Prescription Drugs. Made this for a class. All pictures taken from The Partnership For a Drug Free America. www.drugfree.org

 

School reform, student safety, prescription drug abuse targets of legislative

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The General Assembly will also continue to work on the state's prescription drug epidemic and the continuing spread of methamphetamine abuse, which has worked its way from rural areas to metropolitan centers. "The drug problem costs the state so much," …
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FDA issues draft guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids

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The FDA continues to encourage the development of abuse-deterrent formulations of opioids and believes that these products have promise to help reduce prescription drug abuse. At the same time, the FDA remains committed to ensuring that patients with …
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W.Va. to test prescription drug abuse tracking system

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Within weeks, West Virginia plans to start testing an upgraded database that will be used to crack down on prescription drug abuse across the state. The database of 30 million records will help law enforcement identify people who obtain large …
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From Twitter:

‘You may have to suffer a bit’: a new solution for prescription drug abuse – taking painkillers away from the poor via http://t.co/Fdy7xdFB – by mindrevolution3 (MindRevolution)

 

From Twitter:

Bloomberg’s new solution for prescription drug abuse – taking painkillers away from the poor via @Telegraph http://t.co/X1O5b6jD – by timothy_stanley (Tim Stanley)

 

From Twitter:

RT @Telegraph: ‘You may have to suffer a bit’: Mayor Michael Bloomberg reduces supply of painkillers available to New York hospitals htt … – by AlexHBW (Alexander Smith)