Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions

Drug Abuse Methadone: Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions
PBS NewsHour recently aired a report on prescription drug abuse that led viewers to ask many questions. We asked the CDC to answer them, below. One in 20 people in the United States say they've used prescription painkillers for non-medical reasons in the last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many ended up addicted. In fact, overdoses tied to common opioid or …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Prescription drug abuse a constant battle in Tenn.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The battle against prescription drug abuse in Tennessee is constantly being fought by officers and lawmakers. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/13QUvEr) reports 79 of the 92 drug-related deaths in Shelby County in 2010 can be attributed to prescription medications such as methadone and oxycodone. Sheriff's Chief Insp. Wayne Goudy says when the 2012 numbers are compiled …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: More than 330 kids see parents die of drug abuse
HUNDREDS of children lose a parent to a drug-related death every year, a new report on substance abuse in Scotland reveals.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Strung out: Prescription drug abuse high
New data shows prescription drug abuse tops North East ambulance demand.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: 2 Investigates: Legal drug abuse
Trading one addiction for another is how some drug addicts and counselors describe a popular treatment for curing addiction to pain pills and heroin. The drug, which comes in the form of a pill and a strip that you place under your tongue, is called Suboxone. It's been praised by addiction experts as an effective way to wean addicts off opiates. But critics have said the drug is over-prescribed …
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