Teen Abuse of Prescription Drugs

Published August 29, 2013

Teen Abuse of Prescription Drugs – Kim Aichner, St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center’s Director of Outpatient Services discusses teen abuse of prescription drugs.

One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others: poll

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Prescription drug misuse has reached epidemic levels and it is now the second most abused category of drugs in the United States, after marijuana, according to a survey conducted for the U.S. government. Pharmacies in the United States dispensed more …
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Unused prescription drugs: To flush or not to flush?

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There's just too great a chance of mischief (or worse) resulting from drug donations. So the real question here is how people should dispose of unused medications. The Food and Drug Administration says it's OK to get rid of most medications in the …
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