Prescription Drug Abuse: Educating Pharmacists, Teens and Patients

Prescription Drug Abuse: Educating Pharmacists, Teens and Patients – “Prescription Drug Abuse: Educating Pharmacists, Teens and Patients” Jessica Mysyk, 2012 Pharmacy Internship Program, analyzed survey data that asked healthc…

Schumer pushes for prescription drug take-backs

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Schumer said prescription drug abuse already is a major concern in the Finger Lakes region, citing statistics that show abuse went up 150 percent from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Monroe County reported 1,393 cases of prescription drug abuse, according to …
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DeWine champions Scioto County fight against drugs

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Portsmouth was DeWine's first stop in what will be his planned Attorney General's Drug Abuse Community Forum series, and he spoke exclusively with the Daily Times about what he hoped to take away from that forum held Wednesday at The Counseling Center …
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Majority of R.I.'s unintentional, fatal overdoses in 2012 involved …

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The report — the first effort by state health officials to document prescription-drug deaths — is based on an analysis of records from the state medical examiner's office that looks at the impact of prescription drugs on mortality rates in Rhode …
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