Drug Abuse: Florida’s Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse – NPR News

Published January 26, 2012

Florida’s Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse – NPR News
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Seven people die every day in Florida from prescription drug overdoses, by one estimate. Many of those deaths have been linked to pill mills — medical facilities that illegally prescribe or dispense strong narcotics. Local authorities are …
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N.J. Prescription Abuse Monitoring program a good step to stop abuse – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
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In some ways, prescription drug abuse defies conventional images. The drugs are not manufactured in a jungle laboratory, nor smuggled through midnight border crossings or international flights. Rather, manufacture and distribution occur in broad …
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Attorney general aims to lower prescription drug abuse by tracking prescriptions electronically – Daily Orange
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A recent proposal by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman may bring down the amount of prescription drug abuse in New York and on college campuses like Syracuse University. Schneiderman’s proposal works to track prescriptions in an Internet …
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