Prescription Drug Abuse Conference Set in SW Va

Published November 26, 2012

Prescription drug abuse conference set in SW Va

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Heaphy says the conference's goal is to raise awareness of the social, economic and other costs of prescription drug abuse and develop recommendations to combat the problem. In July 2011 an educational forum on prescription drug abuse was held in …
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SWVA prescription drug abuse problem one of worst in country

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Prescription drugs can be a positive solution to a serious health problem, but experts say in southwest Virginia, they're number one when it comes to abuse. And the problem according to Tim Heaphy, U.S. Attorney for Virginia's western district, has …
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Summit at UR addresses prescription drug abuse

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The abuse of prescription drugs is growing in western New York and across the country, destroying the lives of addicts and taxing local emergency medical centers with people seeking prescription painkillers and other drugs. More than 300 doctors, law …
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