Doctors Tell Congress How to Rein in Prescription Drug Abuse
BY: JASON KANE June 30, 2011 More than 125 physicians descended on Capitol Hill this week to demand some relief in their fight against prescription drug addiction. With...
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Prescription Drugs Kill Cocaine and Make Pharma Bigger
By Charlene Smith 9/2/2011 Huntington, West Virginia It’s 4am and cars snake around three blocks. People stand outside their vehicles chatting. If it wasn’t...
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America’s Fatal Addiction to Prescription Drugs
Misuse of legal medications kills more US citizens than die in car crashes. The cost in dollars, let alone lives, compels action By Dr. David Kloth Friday 10 June...
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National Prescription Drug Database Slowly Becoming Reality
May 11, 2010 By Karen Wilkinson They’re often called doctor shoppers, border hoppers, pharm-aholics and even hit-and-runners. They count on states’ lack of...
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Michael Jackson: Prescription Drug Abuse a Major Lesson
Michael Jackson died a year ago from a physician-administered anesthetic. More than 20,000 people die each year from prescription-drug overdoses, some of whom get drugs...
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Doctors on Alert for Pain Medication Abuse
September 29, 2010|By Ed Finkel, Special to the Tribune When celebrities abuse drugs it is often headline news, but plenty of average Americans also get in trouble, and...
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