GenerationRX: Prescription Drug Abuse (Part 2)
GenerationRX: Prescription Drug Abuse (Part 2) – 2009 CBI National Student Production Awards Winner: Best Student Documentary Producers: Harry Fleckenstein, Missy Stankowski Director: Steven Klink Editor: T…
Take Back Day fights prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
An Iowa City police car is crammed with bags of brightly colored prescription drugs. The drugs were not confiscated but voluntarily given to help with what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “a national epidemic.” Iowa City police …
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MISSOULIAN EDITORIAL: Take pledge: Stop prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
Earlier this year the Missoulian ran a series of stories titled “Prescription for Addiction.” In one of those stories, a local parent who saw two of her sons struggle through prescription drug addiction wondered aloud why there isn't a big campaign …
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Prescription drug abuse is the elephant in the room
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
What weighs the same as one elephant, seven grand pianos, 16 gorillas, an average orca whale, 15 harbor seals, or 655 housecats? The amount of unwanted prescription medication that was collected and safely disposed of last year in Thurston County: …
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Drug Use on Decline at Work, Except Rx
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
Independent studies suggest that 65% to 80% of positive tests for amphetamine and opiate use ultimately are disregarded because the user has a valid prescription for the drug. But the growing problem of painkiller addiction means employers need to be …
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