What’s Your Solution to Fighting the Prescription Drug Epidemic in West Virginia?

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Prescription drug take-back on Staten Island yields almost 400 pounds of …

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Brian R. Crowell, the special agent in charge of the DEA's New York division, credits the jump in part to an effort to collect medication at long-term care facilities like nursing homes, and to the public waking up to just how deadly prescription drug …
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Legislative effort to deal with prescription drug, meth abuse moving forward

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An omnibus drug bill — designed to tackle prescription drug and methadone abuse — is making headway in the Senate. The House passed H.522 in March. Since then three Senate committees have further honed the legislation. On Friday, the Senate Health …
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Prescription drug take-back program designed to thwart pill abuse, theft

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Rx Take-Back Mobile Police Headquarters on Government Street was one of thousands of free, anonymous drop-off sites Saturday, April 27, 2103, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. After only two hours, officers with the Mobile department …
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