Governor Corbett Launches Statewide Healthy Pennsylvania Drug Take-Back …
Governor Corbett Launches Statewide Healthy Pennsylvania Drug Take-Back …
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"My Healthy Pennsylvania Drug Take-Back initiative is an important step in alleviating Pennsylvania's public health and safety concerns regarding prescription drug abuse and misuse, especially among our youth who don't have to look further than their …
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Armed robber pleads for help in tackling drug addiction
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On Thursday, he stood before a judge and begged for help in tackling a serious drug addiction which he says has taken over his life. … He walked into the pharmacy, pulled out a knife, threw a small bag on the counter and demanded prescription drugs.
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Increased use of prescription monitoring program may save lives, advocates say
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Instead, it can lead to productive conversations with a patient and begin the road to addiction treatment, he said. It can also allow doctors to see what medications have already been prescribed by another doctor, helping avoid the potential for …
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Who fueled opioid boom?
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Late in October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that hydrocodone, the most-prescribed opioid, be classified as a Schedule II controlled substance, making it harder to get legally. Also in October, the Ohio Governor's Cabinet Opiate …
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