Prescription Drugs Misuse, Abuse, Overdose & Diversion Video
Prescription Drugs Misuse, Abuse, Overdose & Diversion Video – Prescription Drugs: Killing More Than Pain; Sponsor: Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT)/CADCA; Program Description: When America entered the new millennium, it entered a new era in the world of drug abuse. From the streets of the cities to the secluded family homes in the suburbs, prescription drug abuse is a problem that’s spilling out of pill bottles and into the lives of millions all across our country. Back in 2000, about 1.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs. Two years later, that number quadrupled — to more than six million. That’s a 400% increase. Thousands of people die each year because they overdose on prescription medications. Many abusers think they’re an FDA-approved high, while others become addicted after using powerful painkillers to treat legitimate pain. During this broadcast, learn how abusers are getting their drugs and how law enforcement, doctors, and pharmacists are fighting the problem. Hear from recovering addicts, treatment providers, doctors, robbery victims and more. Prescription drugs kill much more than pain. Program Objectives: Learn what prescription drugs are abused. Learn how doctors can better treat pain. See what would help pharmacists spot forged and altered prescriptions See what tactics work for law enforcement Find out what drug companies are doing Know where to go for help. Prescription drugs, a category of psychotherapeutics that comprises prescription-type pain relievers, tranquilizers …
Expert: Painkillers top list of prescription drug abuse
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Expert: Painkillers top list of prescription drug abuse. Asma Ali Zain / 8 December 2012. Painkillers top the list of prescription drug abuse in the UAE especially among youngsters, a trend that is more reported than that of alcohol, heroin and THC or …
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A new prescription to treat prescription drug abuse
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Prescription drugs have arguably become more dangerous to addicts than street drugs. The pharmaceutical industry may now have uncovered an effective treatment that reduces dependence by restoring the functions that opioids disrupt, and it presents the …
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