Call to Act Over Prescription Drug Addiction

Published December 20, 2013

Call to act over prescription drug addiction
About 1.5 million people could be addicted to prescription drugs and the problem needs to be dealt with urgently, a group of MPs has said. The Commons home affairs committee suggested that GP surgeries should start collecting anonymous data. drug addiction – Bing News

Medicine addiction data ‘needed’
Press Association – Around 1.5m people in the UK are addicted to drugs prescribed by their GP, far higher than the number being treated for illegal-drug addiction GPs should start collecting anonymous data on patients they suspect or know to be hooked on … drug addiction – Bing News