Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Prescription painkiller abuse

  • WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - More than 70 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers obtain the drugs from friends or relatives, usually with permission and for free, according to a government study to be released on Wednesday.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 70 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers obtain the drugs the case of two CVS Caremark Corp.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • EDISON, N.J.
  • (Syracuse Post-Standard)
  • To find a collection site, visit www.DEA.gov. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the largest federal study of drug abuse, estimates 2.4 million Americans start abusing prescription drugs each year. About a third of the new users are teenagers.
  • (USA Today)
  • Abuse of prescription painkillers has occurred for decades Earlier this year, two former Transportation Security Administration officers admitted they were part of a painkiller ring. The TSA officers facilitated drug shipments through airports.
  • (Intelligencer)
  • Conway said prescription drug abuse is a problem that claims more lives in Kentucky than car accidents. He said one in five Kentucky high school students is abusing a prescription painkiller.
  • (Evansville Courier-Press)
  • To find a collection site, visit www.DEA.gov. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the largest federal study of drug abuse, estimates 2.4 million Americans start abusing prescription drugs each year. About a third of the new users are teenagers.
  • (WBIR)
  • The White House issued a multi-agency plan to combat prescription drug abuse last year. Narcotic prescription painkiller overdoses kill 40 people a day, according to the CDC.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • ORLANDO, Fla. — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear told a drug summit Tuesday that the 50 states need to link their prescription drug monitoring programs if the nation is going crack down on pill mills and painkiller abuse.
  • (Daily Independent)
  • Prescription medications can provide enormous Many of these communities have battled substance abuse problems in the past.
  • (msnbc.com)

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