Obama Administration Says Prescription Drug Abuse Fastest Growing Drug

Obama Administration Says Prescription Drug Abuse Fastest Growing Drug – Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile c…

Lynne Curry: Tread carefully if you suspect an employee is addicted to drugs

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 2 million people in the United States are addicted to opioid pain relievers. The CDC labels the problem an epidemic, noting that drug-treatment admissions for prescription opioids …
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Student prescription drug use up, survey shows

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(CBC). "The fact that we have a fair proportion of kids that have used, say cannabis, in the past 12 months, or other drug use such as prescription pain killers, I think is something that we need to keep an eye on, and be aware of," said provincial …
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War on drugs shifts: Health care law expands coverage for substance abuse …

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Tennessee may be able to open another front in its war against rampant prescription drug abuse through a rule under the new federal health care law requiring health insurance plans to cover substance abuse treatment. In what federal officials have …
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