Oklahoma Prescription Drug Abuse
Oklahoma Prescription Drug Abuse
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… are abusing prescription drug pain killers. That's twice the national average, and we're better than that," said Governor Mary Fallin, Oklahoma. The governor has proposed new funding to help strengthen prescription drug abuse treatment centers.
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris urges funding for prescription tracking
Filed under: prescription drug abuse help
Harris, a career prosecutor who was elected attorney general in 2010, has been outspoken on issues such as guns, gangs and gay marriage but comparatively quiet on the state's prescription drug abuse problem. A Times article … Doctors who have …
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Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood
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Prescription drug abuse — taking a medication without a prescription or in a way (higher dose, snorted) or for reasons other than prescribed (to get high) — has become one of the most serious public health concerns in the United States. According to …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Harrison County's Number One Problem?
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The F.R.N. manages substance abuse coalitions in 13 surrounding counties. Their main goal is to prevent substance … They had a community discussion recently, where the majority of people said the biggest drug problem in Harrison County, was …
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