'Med Vault' Device Aims to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

Published May 1, 2013

'Med Vault' device aims to prevent prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

April 29, 2013 (WLS) — Prescription medication abuse is on the rise and that's why some college students in Utah are helping design a tamper-proof pill dispenser. It would ensure patients receive only their prescribed amount of medication. Government …
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CSM hosts program on prescription drug abuse

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“The Impact of Prescription Drug Use” brought together students, the Charles County Sheriff's Office and a local attorney to discuss how prescription drug abuse is more of a problem now than illegal drug use. “No one is immune to [prescription …
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Lac Courte Oreilles Band struggling with widespread prescription drug abuse

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The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe is struggling with what its leaders call a widespread problem with prescription drug abuse and have terminated the doctor who the band says made narcotic painkillers too readily available to his patients. By: John …
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Prescription drugs: Understanding the 'epidemic'

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Although there's no data to pinpoint when exactly the prescription drug addiction boomed in town, Liz Jorgensen, a Ridgefield drug counselor, sent 30 to 40 people to rehab for prescription drug addiction from September 2009 to September 2010.
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