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.

Nurse Practitioners Gain Right to Dispense Prescription Drugs

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This year's legislation for nurse practitioners is simpler than that bill, which required physician assistants who want to dispense drugs to have their outlets, such as ZoomCare, registered with the Board of Pharmacy, which entails an additional fee.
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Manchin co-sponsors bill to create prescription drug take-back system to help …

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cosponsored bipartisan legislation that addresses the issue of prescription drug abuse among our nation's servicemembers and veterans. The Servicemembers and Veterans Prescription Drug Safety Act would direct the Attorney General to establish drug …
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Prescription drugs: 'No single solution' to resolve addiction

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Ridgefield has had its share of overdoses and deaths from other drug-related events. Last year, a Ridgefield man was shot and killed in cold blood while trying to procure prescription drugs. The maximum cautionary tale — murder, an outlier to even Ms …
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