Phoenix14News: Prescription Drug Abuse Common Among College Students

Phoenix14News: Prescription drug abuse common among college students – Reporter Steve Roth looked into the abuse of prescription drugs among college students.

Study: Heroin Abuse Increase May Be Due to Prescription Painkiller Crackdown

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Washington was one of the first states to toughen its laws regarding the prescription of commonly-abused opiates such as oxycodone, requiring patients who wanted the drugs to see pain-management specialists and requiring random drug tests for certain …
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Gazette opinion: Too many pills; Montana must stop painkiller abuse

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Carolyn Pease-Lopez of Billings, Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder and Rep. Scott Reichner of BigFork. For more information on the committee charged with studying prescription drug abuse, go to the link with this Gazette opinion at billingsgazette.com.
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Experts say education needed to fight prescription drug abuse

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IRVINE – Prescription drugs commonplace in household medicine cabinets have quietly fueled an epidemic that has permeated Orange County in recent years. But the problem can be combated through education and a few simple precautions, experts told …
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