Treatment Centers Lack Funding to Help Drug Addiction

Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

For now they say they are just doing whatever they can to slow the increase in drug addiction. A study by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center shows that prescription pill abuse increased by nearly 300% in from 2000 to 2010.
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Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies

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Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. The newborns present new challenges for hospitals. Photo: Jason Henry/The Wall Street Journal …
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Law enforcement officials take aim at prescription drug abuse

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A pair of area law enforcement officials renewed the call for vigilance over prescription drug abuse. The men called the misuse of some commonly prescribed medications a quiet killer and one of the most serious current drug threats. Rene Sandoval, the …
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