Drug Abuse: Prevention Efforts Focused on Youth Reduce Prescription Abuse Into Adulthood

Published February 14, 2013

Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood
Filed under: Drug Abuse

( NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse ) Middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programs were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood. The research, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse , the National …
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Rockefeller, Rahall, Manchin sponsor pill abuse bills
Filed under: Drug Abuse

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Nick J. Rahall, both D-W.Va., introduced legislation to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse on Thursday. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., co-sponsored…
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