Health Care Workers Trained on Rx Drug Abuse

Health care workers trained on Rx drug abuse
Called an epidemic by public health professionals, prescription drug misuse and abuse in the U.S. continues to grow as chronic pain patients are prescribed opioid treatment. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports nearly 82 Americans die every day … Read more on Medical Xpress

More Kids Treated for Mental Health Conditions
For example, the non-medical use of prescription drugs on college campuses one of the concerns about stimulants, and is part of a larger picture of substance abuse, Olfson told LiveScience. The researchers looked at doctor visits by children … Read more on LiveScience.com

1 out of 10 older teens and young adults misuse prescription drugs and sedatives
The drug use included taking a higher dosage of a drug that was prescribed to them, taking drugs that were prescribed to another person, or taking drugs to get high. The majority of the drug users admitted that they did not have prescriptions for the … Read more on Examiner.com

Against prescribing medication to end death early
By:Sam Goodfellow & Alexis Briggs & Jenna Leanus.