Teen Rx Drug Addiction

Published May 26, 2012

Teen Rx Drug Addiction – Calif. Rep. Mary Bono Mack talks to Maggie Rodriguez about her son’s plea for help with prescription drug addiction.

Another State Reports Uncontrolled Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse

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So many people are abusing prescription drugs that requests for drug treatment are expected to outnumber those for alcohol counseling by next year. Mental Health Commissioner Doug Varney told the AP: “We have more deaths from drug overdose in our state …
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State tries to halt prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Tennessee has some of the highest prescription drug abuse rates in the country. State Mental Health Commissioner Doug Varney says the epidemic is so bad here that officials are now projecting that requests for treatment for pill addiction will overtake …
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