Drug Abuse: DEA Drug Take-Back Collection Site Locator Now Available

Published April 15, 2013

DEA Drug Take-Back Collection Site Locator Now Available
Filed under: Drug Abuse

1.2 million emergency department visits in 2009 were related to prescription drug misuse or abuse. Yet few 8th grade middle school students see occasional misuse of prescription drugs as risky, and three …
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Pain management in NFL spawns culture of prescription drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse

When Fred Smoot, a former Washington Redskins defensive back, fractured his sternum and had to spend four months sleeping in a recliner because he couldn't lie flat, he said his team doctors gave him a choice: Miss the rest of the season or "figure out a way to play." Worried about his livelihood, he made it on the football field each Sunday thanks to a syringe full of a drug called Toradol.
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Tackling drugs

13th episode of “On the front line” — a programme by the Euronews channel, this time on the subject of illegal drugs.