Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse a Target for Massachusetts Lawmakers

Prescription drug abuse a target for Massachusetts lawmakers
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Massachusetts lawmakers have introduced two bills in Congress during the past week aimed at an curbing high rates of prescription drug abuse. Representative Edward Markey is co-sponsoring legislation that would require tighter control of drugs that include hydrocodone, an opioid in Vicodin and dozens of other brand-name products. On Friday, Representative William Keating announced legislation …
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Which Prescription Drugs Do Americans Abuse Most?
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According to a 2010 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 7 million people in the United States — or 2.7 percent of the population — annually abuse prescription drugs. This abuse primarily occurs when people take medication not prescribed to them or take their own prescription drugs at a higher dosage than recommended by their doctor. The most commonly abused …
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FDA Bans Generic OxyContin
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Disallowing a cheaper form of the drug could spurn abuse. By IRA PORTER , who is a freelance writer in Philadelphia.
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Illegal Drug Abuse

This is a video I created for english class to promote being against illegal drug abuse.