Drug Abuse: RI Hospital: Use of PMP May Increase Demand for Drug Treatment, Reduce Painkiller Abuse

RI Hospital: Use of PMP may increase demand for drug treatment, reduce painkiller abuse
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( Lifespan ) A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that the use of electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PMPs) may have a significant impact on the demand for drug treatment programs and how prescribers detect and respond to abuse of painkillers. The study by Traci C. Green, Ph.D., MSc, research scientist in Rhode Island Hospital's department of general internal medicine, is …
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Co-owner of NC drug-abuse treatment agency faces drug charges
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The co-owner of a Winston-Salem nonprofit substance abuse and mental-health treatment center is facing federal drug conspiracy charges, including trafficking large amounts of heroin across the country and from Mexico.
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Overdose deaths show prescription drug problem
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Overdose deaths are down in Georgia, but prescription drug abuse remains a serious problem.
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Seeking solutions to prescription drug abuse
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Lawton_An appeal to the City Council Tuesday night to take a stand against the rising rate of prescription drug abuse here. Nationally, federal officials are calling it an epidemic.  Political Science
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Sober Living Outpatient treatment center in Delray Beach, Drug Treatment Florida

Sober Living Outpatient treatment (SLO) is devoted to providing excellent, evidence-based outpatient drug addiction treatment, alcohol treatment, drug abuse treatment to individuals and their families in Florida.