Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 19, 2013

Responding to Prescription Drug Abuse – This webinar summarizes and classifies how communities are responding to the prescription drug abuse crisis. Crisis responses were classified using the two-d…

Abuse of Prescription Drugs Is An 'Epidemic,' According To Philadelphia Officials

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

“There is an individual issue in terms of the individual person who is using drugs, and may begin starting off very innocently with a prescription,” says Lamb. “And in fact, we are seeing most of our new initiates with illicit drug use begin with …
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Somerville Town Hall Meeting to address prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

These are mostly due to opiates that include the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs and heroin. Often those addicted to pain pills such as Oxy, move onto heroin. Most move in this direction due to the power of the addiction, cost and availability …
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