prescription drug abuse

Surveys Yet to Show Link Between Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse – Tampabay.com

Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse – Tampabay.com

Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
Tampabay.com
"We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage.

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Surveys Yet to Show Link Between Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse – Tampabay.com

Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse – Tampabay.com

Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
Tampabay.com
"We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage.

and more »

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Physician: Drug Abuse Common in ER Setting – the Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting – The Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting
The Morning Sun
Many who abuse drugs do so with medications that are legal when prescribed by a physician, and those people typically take too much of the drug, steal it from others, sell prescription medications to get money for other drugs, and make frequent trips

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Zogenix Statement: Massachusetts Denies Patients a Legitimate Option for Severe Chronic Pain

Zogenix Statement: Massachusetts Denies Patients a Legitimate Option for Severe Chronic Pain
SAN DIEGO, March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — We agree with Governor Deval Patrick's intention to curb the epidemic of drug abuse in Massachusetts. We believe Governor Patrick's ban on Zohydro™ ER only serves to unfairly restrict patient access to the only hydrocodone pain reliever available for long-term, daily, severe chronic pain patients who are obtaining relief with short-acting hydrocodone …
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Physician: Drug Abuse Common in ER Setting – the Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting – The Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting
The Morning Sun
Many who abuse drugs do so with medications that are legal when prescribed by a physician, and those people typically take too much of the drug, steal it from others, sell prescription medications to get money for other drugs, and make frequent trips

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New SC Chief Is a 'policeman'S Policeman'

New SC chief is a 'policeman's policeman'
Holbrook asked Goodwin and local prosecutors to join him in setting up a drug market intervention program based on one developed in High Point, N.C. They went hard at the big-time drug dealers. But the small-time street dealers and prostitutes were …
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Overdoses mounting in the mountains
Law enforcement and health officials across Western North Carolina increasingly are seeing similar cases, and a… Continue reading