PBS NewsHour Excerpt: Prescription Drug Abuse aired 5-3-13 – In this excerpt from the PBS NewsHour, correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at what Oklahoma is doing to battle prescription drug abuse, and the addiction th…

'There is hope for drug addiction'

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A documentary about prescription drug abuse in a small town in Wyoming County is expected to be available to the public on July 1. Citizens of Oceana and …. “If I talk to a group of 10 and I help one then that's a success story," he said. "That's a …
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The Friends You Keep: Non-Medical Use Of Prescription Drugs

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But non-medical use of prescription drugs — often called prescription drug abuse* — is a far more prevalent problem in the United States. The 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that one-third of U.S. citizens have used prescription …
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