Bilirakis Examines Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

Published February 20, 2014

Bilirakis Examines Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis – In a June 14, 2013, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing , Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) examined the prescription drug abuse crisis and res…

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic

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Most people who abuse pills don't have legal prescriptions for them. They get them from family and friends, and sometimes from drug dealers. Young people may view them as safer than street drugs such as heroin because they are manufactured as medicine …
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Avera Medical Minute AMcK: Prescription drug abuse on the rise

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They can be find in nearly every medicine cabinet and unfortunately prescription drugs are the most common form of abused drug in the United States. They are designed to help people but these little pills are being abused at an alarming rate. "I think …
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Monitoring Prescription Drugs

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There has been a dramatic increase in prescription drug abuse and deaths in recent years. South Dakota is now trying to attack the problem through a prescription drug monitoring program. As a family medicine doctor for more than 30 years and the …
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