Documentary Prescription Drugs Misuse, Abuse, Overdose

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Deaths involving prescription drugs up locally

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An increase in the number of deaths involving prescription drugs in 2012 in the Alachua County area ran counter to a statewide trend of fewer deaths credited to a crackdown on pill mills about two years ago. Deaths in 2012 in which prescriptions were …
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Grant to help Niskayuna group target teen alcohol, drug use

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The grant, which is to come in the form of an annual $ 125,000 award over the next five years, will focus on youth alcohol, marijuana and prescription drug abuse. The goal is to try to change community attitudes toward those substances within the …
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Congressman: Alexis' drug may have had 'problem' side effect

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"What were the drug interactions? What were the side effects of the drugs that were prescribed by the VA? We do still have some questions that we're asking," he says. The VA has said Alexis was given "medication to help him sleep" and a "medication …
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