Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Prescription drug abuse on the rise

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“The two go together, people will use heroin and if you use heroin, you use Oxycontin to take the sick off or whatever, it has the same types of effects. As get heroin off the streets slowly we'll start to see these pharmacy thefts and statistics go …
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Prescription drug abuse an 'epidemic'

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11/19/2012 – In a recent newspaper article, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator called the abuse of prescription drugs an “epidemic” in the state. Aly Hassan, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College …
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Report: Region tops nation for drug-tied ER visits

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BOSTON — Abuse of illicit drugs, including heroin, again posed a significant public health problem in Massachusetts last year with eastern Massachusetts posting a rate of emergency room visits involving drugs higher than that of any other major …
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