War on Prescription Pain Killers Leads to More Heroin Deaths

Published December 11, 2012

War on Prescription Pain Killers Leads to More Heroin Deaths

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

As efforts to crack down on the abuse of prescription drugs have worked, a new problem has emerged, withaddicts who can no longer get their fix by popping pills turning to the old-fashioned street drug heroin…. "The kids who got addicted to …
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Preventing prescription–drug deaths in North Carolina

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

At our office, physicians use the database and also use our own narcotic contracts to help us prescribe these medications safely. We use the least amount of medication to control the pain. The contract states that we will do random drug testing and …
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Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse PSA 2012 – My video response to the public service announcement issued by Attorney General Jack Conway. Over 1000 people in Kentucky die every year from prescription drug overdose; this is completely preventable. Be smart – don’t abuse prescription drugs.

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