Rx Drug Tracking Could Have QA Use, Review Finds

Rx Drug Tracking Could Have QA Use, Review Finds

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Monitoring programs help authorities track potential prescription drug abuse by monitoring the use of controlled medications. The investigators reviewed government documents, white papers, peer-reviewed medical literature, and experiences of local …
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RX drug use on the rise

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More participants in Grant County's Drug Court program are listing prescription drugs as their drug of choice. Grant Circuit Court Judge Mark Spitzer during his recent State of the Judiciary said despite a decrease in the number of crimes being …
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Heavy hitters push prescription drug law changes

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The House had approved the changes Wednesday to the year-old law that was intended to crack down on widespread prescription drug abuse in a state where more people are dying from overdoses than car crashes. Lawmakers said the law had unintended …
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A Minute with Jay: Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse – This week’s 1 minute video is on the importance of tackling prescription drug abuse in West Virginia. With one of the highest rates of prescription drug overdose deaths in this country, Senator Rockefeller believes West Virginians must work together to fight this epidemic.