State Looks for New Tools to Battle Prescription Drug Abuse

State Looks For New Tools To Battle Prescription Drug Abuse

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Prescription drug abuse experts unveiled a new tool today to help lower opioid misuse in the state. That new tool is a website containing information for doctors describing safe prescribing techniques and standards for pain management. Dr. Seddon …
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Minnesota agencies focus aim on substance abuse

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At the Departments of Health, Public Safety and Human Services, we are confronted daily with the illness, crime and damage to families that too often follow drug and alcohol abuse, and the staggering public costs that result. In fact, a Columbia …
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KU researchers using .75 million in grants to help reunite parents, children

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The two grants — $ 3.25 million for the state of Oklahoma, and $ 2.5 million for Iowa — will also help incorporate other family programs to help substance-abusing parents reunite with children. Johnny Kim, an associate professor of social welfare at KU …
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