The Silent High: Prescription Drug Abuse

The Silent High: Prescription Drug Abuse – Hazelden in Chicago’s clinical director David Cohen is featured in this news piece from ABC’s Chicago affiliate regarding prescription drug abuse and its pat…

Drug initiative in Davis targets unused prescription pills

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Additionally, a survey done in 2011 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that more than 70 percent of prescription medication abusers got the medication from friends or relatives. “This is a way of removing the …
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Sherrod Brown behind effort to stop prescription drug abuse

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Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Ohio, Brown said, and prescription pain medications, such as oxycodone, morphine and methadone are largely responsible for increasing overdoses and deaths in the state. The legislation would target the …
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Getting help with prescription drug addiction in western Montana – Missoulian

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There are several resources for people who need help with prescription drug addiction, and also for their families. Montana Attorney General Tim Fox's office has a website devoted to some of those resources, http://doj.mt.gov/prescriptiondrugabuse/get …
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