Visalia Doctor Indicted for Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone
Visalia doctor indicted for illegally dispensing oxycodone
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
According to the indictment, Brown, a medical doctor, sold prescriptions for large quantities of highly addictive, frequently diverted prescription drugs, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, without medical necessity. Brown sold prescriptions to …
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Teenagers Getting Prescription Drugs Online
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
Prescription drug abuse by teens is growing by leaps and bounds. A study from The Partnership at Drugfree.org finds one quarter of high school students have abused these medications. That's more than five million children and a 33 percent increase from …
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Urban Outfitters under fire for selling flasks, glasses that look like …
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
"Tongue-in-cheek products that normalize and promote prescription drug abuse only serve to reinforce the misperception about the dangers associated with abusing medicine and put more teens at risk," that group says on its website. Urban Outfitters …
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Local agency to open clinic to help heroin addicts
Filed under: prescription drug addiction help
That's because once out of treatment, a primacy car doctor would have to prescribe the medicine. Federal law limits the number of prescriptions a doctor can write per year. Also, treatment centers say many primary care doctors are not familiar with …
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