Drug Abuse: RX for DANGER Funding for State's Drug-Abuse Database Is in Doubt

Published October 1, 2012

RX FOR DANGER Funding for state's drug-abuse database is in doubt
Filed under: Drug Abuse

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a year-old drug database widely heralded as a key to stopping the state's prescription-drug-abuse problems said the project has nearly run out of money, triggering concerns about the survival of a program that Gov. Rick Scott and House lawmakers once tried to kill.
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Prescription drug abuse falling among young adults, survey finds
Filed under: Drug Abuse

A new survey is the second report in recent months indicating that what some have called an epidemic of prescription drug abuse is showing signs of tapering. The latest survey shows a 14 percent decline in nonmedical use of prescription drugs by teens and young adults from 2010 to 2011. Last month, a group that examines workers' compensation claims in California found that prescriptions for …
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