Boise Parties Against Prescription Drug Abuse at Connect the Pieces Gala

Boise Parties Against Prescription Drug Abuse at Connect the Pieces Gala

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

The benefit helps fund programs aimed at preventing prescription drug abuse among children. From 2000 to 2009, 1,244 Idahoans died of drug-related causes, and many of those deaths were the result of misuse or abuse of medications prescribed by a …
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Prescription drug abuse bill would allow members of the public to administer

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

The House Human Services Committee, with help from the House Judiciary Committee, is attempting legislative alchemy, melding two bills and one new initiative into H.331. The combined bill is an attempt to stave off opioid abuse at several stages …
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Kedibonye Carpenter: Misuse of prescription drugs can be deadly

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

At the La Crosse County Prevention Network, we aim to raise awareness of the prescription drug abuse problem. We also are leading the successful prescription medication drop-off events that are taking expired and unused medications out of circulation …
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