Drug Abuse: California Panel Advances Bills Targeting Prescription Drug Abuse

California panel advances bills targeting prescription drug abuse
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The state Senate committee approved bills that are designed to reduce overdose deaths following Times reports that linked doctors to fatal overdoses. A broad package of bills aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths won approval from a key state Senate committee Monday.
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Rx drug abuse: Arkansas uses statistics to guide decisions
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Editor’s Note: The Times Record continues its series of reports on prescription drug abuse. Next: Overprescription can add to problem. FORT SMITH — As Arkansas health and human services leaders work to reduce prescription drug abuse, they use statistics from a variety of sources to guide their decisions and measure their progress.
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Pain management in NFL spawns culture of prescription drug abuse
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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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