Prescription Drug Abuse: Report Calls Parent Pill Popping an 'Epidemic'
Prescription Drug Abuse: Report Calls Parent Pill Popping An 'Epidemic'
Filed under: drug abuse fact
Fox 5 profiled two suburban moms who admitted to prescription drug addiction. In an interview, the women (who had never met each other before) agreed that it is likely a neighborhood-wide problem and both… Continue reading
Prescription Drug Prevention Mobile App Connects to Mendham Township
Prescription Drug Prevention Mobile App Connects to Mendham Township
Filed under: drug abuse help
PDFNJ works in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Human Services and the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. “GPhA has been a longtime supporter of the AMCC and this new App will provide… Continue reading
Prescription Painkillers Can Be Deadly
Prescription painkillers can be deadly
Filed under: substance abuse alcohol
The other was a tortured soul whose struggles with pain, depression and substance abuse derailed her personal life and several marriages. Susan Overstreet of Florence (left) with her daughter Jaycie Alexander. Alexander, 25, died a year ago from a …… Continue reading
Senate Passes Prescription Drug Monitoring Measure
Senate Passes Prescription Drug Monitoring Measure
Filed under: meth program
… on consumer purchases of popular over-the-counter medications used in making methamphetamine. The Senate passed a bill that would put the attorney general's office in charge of the state's prescription drug monitoring program, known as KASPER, …
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Oklahoma Tops in Prescription Painkiller Abuse
Oklahoma tops in prescription painkiller abuse
Filed under: meth addiction statistics
The casualties of drug abuse are not just hard-core addicts who buy bootlegged meth, crack and heroin from street dealers. They're middle-aged and middle-class Oklahomans who start taking pain pills for bad backs and other injuries, never dreaming they… Continue reading
Meth Ingredient Should Require Prescription
Meth ingredient should require prescription
Filed under: meth ingredient
The goal of the legislation is the end of the meth labs that continue to endanger the communities in which they are located and tie up our law enforcement funds and energies. The WVRA claims the legislation will force customers across… Continue reading
WASTED YOUTH UPDATE: PART 2: Prescription Drugs Fueling Heroin Epidemic
WASTED YOUTH UPDATE: PART 2: Prescription drugs fueling heroin epidemic
Filed under: heroin addiction treatment
The findings in two recent federal studies – that heroin addiction has a firm grip on Eastern Massachusetts – come as no surprise to police and drug treatment professionals working in the greater Brockton and… Continue reading
One Addict's Story of Prescription Drug Dangers
One addict's story of prescription drug dangers
Filed under: addiction rehab
Smith, who lives in Port Henry, recently sat down with Chris Knight to talk about her addiction and how she eventually came clean. Jennifer Smith is not her real name. The interview took place at the St. Joseph's Addiction… Continue reading
Prescription Drug Abuse Aided by Internet Pharmacies, MD Ignorance
Prescription Drug Abuse Aided by Internet Pharmacies, MD Ignorance
Filed under: treatment for drug abuse
The increasing online availability of prescription drugs may entice individuals believed to be at low risk for drug abuse to overuse controlled medications. The authors note that, while physicians and other health care providers should… Continue reading
A Blueprint to Wipe Out Staten Island's Prescription Drug Scourge
A blueprint to wipe out Staten Island's prescription drug scourge
Filed under: substance abuse treatment programs
STATEN ISLAND, NY — A Staten Islander dies almost every two weeks of a prescription drug abuse, but despite that mounting death toll, parents and families here still turn away from what's mushroomed into… Continue reading