State Lawmakers Take Look at Prescription Drug Deaths

State lawmakers take look at prescription drug deaths

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In its review of six years' worth of overdose statistics, the Times reported that at least 30 Southern California patients died while their doctors were under investigation. The board sanctioned all but one of those 12 doctors, yet … After …
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Prescription drug use is topic of Avon Local Schools' free parent seminar March 20

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Prescription drugs The free seminar will focus on the prescription drug crisis and helping kids resist peer pressure. PD file. The seminar will cover the tell-tale signs of prescription drug abuse among kids and help equip parents with the knowledge …
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Emotional Hearing about Future of Medical Board of California

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Prescription drug abuse has become a flashpoint in this process in part because of a 2012 Los Angeles Times investigation revealing that during a six-year window, 30 southern California patients died from prescription drug overdoses while their doctors …
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