Drug Initiative in Davis Targets Unused Prescription Pills

Published May 13, 2013

Drug initiative in Davis targets unused prescription pills

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Additionally, a survey done in 2011 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that more than 70 percent of prescription medication abusers got the medication from friends or relatives. “This is a way of removing the …
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Calif. medical board backs prescription drug reforms

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The Medical Board of California is backing measures to combat prescription drug abuse in the wake of a report that found a link between physician-prescribed narcotics and overdose deaths. The board, meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, voted to support …
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