GenerationRX: Prescription Drug Abuse (Part 1)
GenerationRX: Prescription Drug Abuse (Part 1) – 2009 CBI National Student Production Awards Winner: Best Student Documentary Producers: Harry Fleckenstein, Missy Stankowski Director: Steven Klink Editor: Tim Hill Camera/Audio: Anthony Mennie, Michael Gorczynski For a DVD copy of this movie please visit the Rowan University Center for Addiction Study website at www.rowan.edu or call 856-863-2175 This documentary tells the story four people and their struggles with prescription drug abuse and also of one woman overcoming the death of her mother, who passed away from the disease of addiction from an overdose. This film delves into the characters introduction to the drugs, their downfall from addiction into their rock bottom, and leading into their hope for freedom from active addiction touching on their recovery process. Lisa is a beautiful woman who grew up in a good family. During college she had many injuries due to sports and was introduced to Oxycontin. After taking prescription medication, she was thrown into a world she had no control over. In the end of her addiction, she ended up homeless with her children taken away from her. Today almost 3 years clean, she shares her story of recovery. Rodney is an African-American gay man who grew up in the ghetto. He was introduced to drugs and when we tried Percocet, he was off to the races. Through the world of drugs and the lifestyle that comes with it, he now lives with AIDS. At his darkest hour he found himself living in abandoned houses. Today he has been clean and in …
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Indiana Officials Taking On Prescription Drug Abuse
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Dr. Joan Duwve (left) and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller (WIBC.com photo: Mike Corbin). The Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force is now a reality. Listen: The group, headed up by Attorney General Greg Zoeller, held its kick off …
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Police in Dauphin County to take back prescription drugs
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Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show …
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RT @PeggyWelch60: 1st mtg of AG Zoeller’s Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. Critical need to find solutions to this epidemic. I apprec … – by darrin_maxwell (darrin_maxwell)
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RT @Dedra_Pierce: Just learned that Portsmouth is 5th in the nation for prescription drug abuse and 3rd in the state for murders..great! Lol – by ktjaysunshine (Kaitlyn Boswell)
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