Oxycodone Purchases Are Dropping in Florida as State Battles Prescription Drug Epidemic
Drug Abuse Methadone: Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida as state battles prescription drug epidemic
Monday, August 15, 2011 MIAMI — With a towering mound of pain pills next to him, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday offered a hopeful snapshot from the frontlines of Florida’s fight against epidemic prescription drug abuse. Sales of oxycodone — a pain medication that has plagued Florida as the No. 1 cause of prescription drug deaths last year — are down 17 percent for the first five months of 2011, he …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: FDLE report: Prescription drug-related deaths on the rise
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Monday that deaths associated with drug usage – the prescription drug Oxycodone in particular – are reaching dangerously high levels.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Deaths in Florida from oxycodone, other pain killers keep climbing
Times staff and wires Monday, August 15, 2011 MIAMI — New data shows that prescription drug deaths in Florida increased nearly 9 percent last year compared with 2009 despite aggressive efforts by law enforcement to educate people about the dangers and to crack down on illegal distribution. Figures show the problem is particularly bad in the Tampa Bay area. Pinellas and Pasco counties lead …
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