CNN: Battling Prescription Drug Abuse


 

CNN: Battling prescription drug abuse – HLN’s Dr. Drew Pinsky and guests talk about the fight against prescription drug addiction.

 

Jets QB opens up about his ongoing battle with drug addiction and mental illness

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Trying to help others by raising awareness of addiction and mental illness, Ainge recounted his painful journey in an interview with ESPNNewYork.com. His life, his …. For the first time, I was prescribed bipolar medication, which seems to be working …
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Guest: Prevent prescriptiondrug deaths with a medicine-return program

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By requiring drug manufacturers to invest mere pennies per prescription in a take-back system, we have the opportunity to help curb the drug abuse and poisoning epidemic in King County and to help keep our families and communities safe. David Fleming …
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Teens Have Unsupervised Access to Prescription Drugs

Filed under: prescription drug abuse help

Emergency room visits for non-medical use of prescription narcotic pain relievers are increasing in people under age 21, and death by poisoning due to prescription overdoses is up 91 percent in less than a decade among adolescents ages 15 to 19, note …
Read more on Science Daily (press release)