Help Stop Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 17, 2013

Help Stop Prescription Drug Abuse – Mayor Pete Lewis warns about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. Visit www.safeguardmymeds.org for more information.

The New Face of Addiction

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She says, “He told me he tried them to help him focus. He said everyone was doing them.” She doesn't know how the path from an occasional use of Adderall led to abusing Xanax, OxyContin, and other prescription drugs, but 19-year-old Stephen Haydon of …
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A PHI dilemma: DEA and prescription drug abuse monitoring

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Created by the legislature in 2009 and launched in 2011, Oregon's database program is aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse by requiring pharmacies to report certain patient and provider information when dispensing drugs federally classified as …
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Prescription drug drop boxes coming to county

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… at any police department that desires it. Marple Police Chief Tom Murray, president of the Delaware County Police Chiefs Association, said the medicine boxes will help law enforcement get unwanted and unused prescription drugs out of people's homes.
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