Prescription Drug Abuse Victims


 

Prescription Drug Abuse Victims – A video of young adults who died because of Prescription Drugs. Made this for a class. All pictures taken from The Partnership For a Drug Free America. www.drugfree.org

 

Purdue Pharma Issues Grant to NASCSA to Combat Abuse and Diversion of

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The prescription drug-abuse problem in the US has grown to epidemic proportions in recent years. According to MedlinePlus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, an estimated 20% of people in this country have used prescription drugs for …
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Hundreds gather at Largo vigil to remember those lost to prescription drug abuse

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Though NOPE seeks to prevent and combat drug abuse of all kinds, the theme of the night was prescription drugs, by far the most common cause of narcotics-related deaths in Pinellas County. "This is a problem unlike any other problem we've faced," said …
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WLU's Miller Working to Fight Drugs in Appalachia

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Francesca Miller, a senior at West Liberty University, said she has seen the devastating effects of prescription drug abuse – that's why an internship working for the Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C., this summer really "hit …
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