Drug Abuse: GAO: Medicare Slow to Act on Prescription-Drug Abuse
Drug Abuse: GAO: Medicare slow to act on prescription-drug abuse
Medicare is subsidizing drug abuse by thousands of beneficiaries who shop around for doctors and fill prescriptions for huge quantities of painkillers and other narcotics — far exceeding what any patient could safely use, congressional investigators say in a new report.
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Drug Abuse: Report Warns of Prescription Drug Abuse by Medicare Beneficiaries
Investigators from the Government Accountability Office said Medicare officials had been slow to recognize and act on the evidence of abuse, which is to be presented at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
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Drug Abuse: Medicare Drug Abuse: 170,000 Reportedly Scored Large Quantities Of Drugs On Taxpayers’ Dime
WASHINGTON — Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription’s benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of the bill, congressional investigators say in a report.
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Drug Abuse: NH holds summit on prescription drug abuse
New Hampshire’s community and business leaders are working with government and health care officials to address what they call an epidemic in the state — prescription drug abuse.
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Drug Abuse: The Now Show – Marcus Brigstocke On Drug Abuse
Another debate that’s never really going to go away, this rant from early 2006 examines drug abuse. Copyright BBC/Marcus Brigstocke etc, this features an excellent supporting performance from Mitch Benn as three different Young Ones!
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Drug Abuse: Salvation or slippery slope?
Pain societies the world over began pushing for more effective use of opioids, citing studies showing little risk of addiction in patients with no history of substance abuse. Then came slow-release versions of oxycodone and similar drugs. …
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Drug Abuse: A Conversation About Teen Substance Abuse (VIDEO)
Also interviewed are Police Chief Joe Payne and South Pasadena resident and parent advocate Vicki Marx. Click on the video above to view Part I: The Problem of our three part series on teen drug abuse. Check back tomorrow for Part II: The Explanation.
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