Delaware Summit Looks at Prescription Drug Abuse
Delaware summit looks at prescription drug abuse
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(AP) — State officials are holding a daylong summit to draw attention to the growing problem of prescription drug abuse in Delaware. Friday's summit at Delaware Technical & Community College in Newark. Speakers include Attorney General Beau Biden, …
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YRMC acts to reduce prescription drug abuse
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Tim Barnett, Yavapai Regional Medical Center president and CEO (center), is joined by Sheila Polk, Yavapai County Attorney, and YRMC West Emergency Department Medical Director Dr. Martin de Kort at a recent YRMC board meeting to discuss new …
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Prescription drug deaths: Two stories
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"The problem we're dealing with with prescription drug abuse is having to balance those patients (who abuse prescription drugs) and those millions of patients that benefit from these medicines because they have a need that they and their physicians …
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Metro: Prescription drug abuse leading to more heroin use — and deaths – in …
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In the five-plus years since his recovery, however, Thompson said he has seen prescription drug and heroin use grow, forever altering or ending the lives of his friends who didn't escape the addiction. “Unfortunately, most of my friends passed away or …
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