“Talk About It” – Canby High School – Prescription Drug Abuse

Published January 12, 2013

“Talk About It” – Canby High School – Prescription Drug Abuse –

FDA Urges Studies on Safer Formulations of Narcotic Painkillers

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The FDA pointed out, however, that the science of abuse deterrence is relatively new, and ways of making drugs harder to abuse are quickly developing and changing. If the new formulations meet the requirements for being deemed tamperproof, the drug …
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Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows

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10 (HealthDay News) — Prescription painkillers are second only to marijuana when it comes to drug abuse, a new government report claims. Some 22 million Americans have misused prescription painkillers since 2002, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse …
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