Governor Jack Markell Weekly Address: August 24, 2012


 

Governor Jack Markell Weekly Address: August 24, 2012 – Governor Jack Markell (D) announces the launch of the Delaware Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), a tool to help combat prescription drug abuse. Markell explains how the PMP allows practitioners and pharmacies to monitor a patient’s use of a prescribed controlled substance.

 

Abuse of prescription drugs focus of program for parents

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

The seminar will provide information on current trends in prescription drug abuse among youth, common sources for acquisition of illegal pharmaceuticals and prescription drug identification. The seminar will also provide parents with information on the …
Read more on Aurora Beacon News

 

Short film looks to raise awareness of drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

In November, the Ohio Attorney General's Office called southern Ohio the epicenter of the prescription drug abuse problem. However, preliminary reports from the Centers for Disease Control indicates that might be shifting as a result of efforts in …
Read more on Chillicothe Gazette

 

Grooms introduces bill to fight prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

INDIANAPOLIS — As Indiana's state legislative session gets under way, Sen. Ron Grooms, R-Jeffersonville, is looking to strengthen laws regulating prescription drugs. A pain management clinic that relocated to Jeffersonville in July helped prompt the …
Read more on Newsandtribune

 

From Twitter:

RT @Joey7Barton: The alcohol abuse will kill him. The prescription drug addiction and the addiction to the limelight and not having it a … – by PetersVII (Peters Parker)

 

From Twitter:

@ashley_lamp I encourage a talk with a doctor…maybe a prescription drug… You have an addiction – by rorcollofficial (Rory Collins)

 

From Twitter:

Season 02 Episode 03 – Prescription Drug Addiction Part 2 http://t.co/9hQbQnwr
#AA #Recovery #Addiction #Alcohol #Narcotics #Help #Dru… – by HealthPodcasts (Gesundheit Podcasts)