Doctors Form Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force

Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
HARRISBURG – Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis … Care at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Pain Medicine Center in Philadelphia, addressed the treatment of chronic pain through a multi …
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Drug Abuse Costs Employers Billion Per Year
According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc. (NCADD), drug abuse costs employers $ 81 billion annually. Some 70 percent of the estimated 14.8 million Americans who use illegal drugs are employed, and workers who report …
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De Blasio cites education as way to stem Rx drug abuse scourge
CITY HALL — Asked how he plans to deal with the city’s prescription drug epidemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio fell back on a familiar refrain: With pre-kindergarten and after-school programs. Prescription drug and heroin abuse, singled out on Monday as “an …
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RI Lawmakers Mull New Drug Abuse, Overdose Bills
He also wants insurers in the state to cover Suboxone and buprenorphine, which are used to treat addiction to opioids like OxyContin, or heroin. And he also wants health care providers to provide patients with substance abuse problems with a treatment …
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Millennium Labs Helps Launch Coalition to Tackle Prescription Drug Misuse
Prescription drug abuse continues to take a toll in San Diego County as the San Diego County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force reported last November. According to the task force, deaths from prescription drug overdoses have increased sharply over the …
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REP. FIOLA: Drug abuse should not be fought alone
Substance abuse is not just a Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton or Boston problem. Substance abuse knows no property boundaries and is present throughout all our cities and suburbs. It is a problem for rich and poor alike, professional and blue-collar …
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