With Rise in Prescription Drug Use Comes Greater Addiction
With rise in prescription drug use comes greater addiction
Filed under: drug abuse
That pattern follows statewide and national trends, trends coupled with rising numbers of people seeking treatment for prescription drug addiction. The sales of prescription opioid pain relievers nationwide ballooned between 1999 and 2010. The Centers …
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Physicians Failing to Treat Narcotics Abuse by Injured Workers: Study
Filed under: drug abuse
The monitoring includes services, such as drug testing and psychological evaluations, which can help prevent opioid misuse by injured workers that could result in overdose deaths, addiction, and diversion. The study found relatively low compliance with …
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Prescription-drug abuse drops among young people
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Young adults drove the drop. The number of people 18 to 25 who regularly abuse prescription drugs fell 14% to 1.7 million, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported Monday. In 2011, 3.6% of young adults abused pain relievers, the lowest rate …
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Chopra On Jackson Drug Abuse
Harry Smith spoke with Dr. Deepak Chopra about his friendship with Michael Jackson and his alleged prescription drug addiction.