Nevin-Woods: Pueblo Feeling Pain of Prescription Drug Abuse
Nevin-Woods: Pueblo feeling pain of prescription drug abuse
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Here are some facts: Today, prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana. From 1998 to 2008, the proportion of all substance abuse treatment admissions age 12 or older who reported pain reliever abuse increased more …
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AG's website features testimonials to heartaches caused by prescription drug …
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They're posted on Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway's prescription drug abuse prevention website at ag.ky.gov/rxabuse. "Prescription drug abuse is … to prescription drug abuse." She said her father now is doing well after undergoing more treatment.
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Norfolk doctor suspended for improper prescriptions
Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment
She said she previously had been treated by another Norfolk doctor, Disamodha Amarasinghe, who had his license suspended in May 2011 for prescription drug monitoring problems. She questioned where people in chronic pain are supposed to get …
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Programs in place to help curb growing problem of prescription drug abuse
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The number of people seeking treatment in the state for prescription drugs nearly tripled between 2002 and 2007. In 2007, admissions to drug treatment for the abuse of prescription opioids were 11 times higher than in 2002, from 252 admissions to 2,884.
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