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Prescription Drug Monitoring Systems Alert Abuse

Prescription drug monitoring systems alert abuse

Filed under: Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Green and team surveyed the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island and found that PMP use was significantly greater in Connecticut, at 43.9% versus 16.3%. Overall, 36.2%… Continue reading

Local Drug Summit Helps Fight Pill Addiction

Local Drug Summit Helps Fight Pill Addiction
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
A drug summit at Ohio University Southern Campus in Ironton, Ohio, has folks like Tackett gaining knowledge and power over the pill epidemic.
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Mass. Gov. Signs Prescription Drug Bill

Mass. Gov. signs prescription drug bill
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill that aims to prevent the diversion of prescription drugs and decrease drug abuse and addiction.
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'Drug Addiction Number One Social Scourge in Malaysia'

'Drug addiction number one social scourge in Malaysia'
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye lamented that drug addiction has been the number one social scourge in Malaysia… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Addiction at Epidemic Proportions

Prescription drug addiction at epidemic proportions
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Over the course of two days, residents and local healthcare providers got a dose of reality about the prescription narcotic drug addiction epidemic facing the nation – and… Continue reading

Whitney Houston Official Autopsy: Cocaine + Heart Disease Contributed to Drowning


 

Whitney Houston Official Autopsy: Cocaine + Heart Disease Contributed to Drowning – toxicology reports have finally been completed for Whitney Houston’s official autopsy. Family members revealed what they were told about her cause of death a few weeks ago… Continue reading