MATFORCE: Training for Solutions to Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

Published February 11, 2013

MATFORCE: Training for Solutions to Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem. The Centers for Disease Control has classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic. Prescription pain killers result in more accidental drug overdoses than cocaine and heroin …
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Attentive Staten Island parents are key in youth drug–abuse battle

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It's a common sense message, but it's one that Staten Island's anti-drug abuse leaders want to drive home — attentive parents are the best defense against the borough's prescription pill epidemic. Starting this month, the borough …
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Bogus prescriptions fuel illegal drug trade

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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper says a thousand people die in the state every year from prescription drug abuse, and that's higher than the national average. "You see people operating machinery and driving under the influence," said Cooper.
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