CNN: Battling Prescription Drug Abuse

Published March 19, 2013

CNN: Battling prescription drug abuse – HLN’s Dr. Drew Pinsky and guests talk about the fight against prescription drug addiction.

NYC's Bloomberg to keynote drug abuse summit

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Operation UNITE officials said Bloomberg has worked to reduce prescription drug abuse in New York – developing guidelines for the city's public hospitals banning long-acting opioid painkillers, limiting opioid prescriptions to a three-day supply, and …
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SC Inspector General: Prescription drug abuse a 'cancer' in society

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

South Carolina's inspector general told hundreds attending a prescription drug and medicine abuse summit at Winthrop University that prescription drugs represent a cancer and a silent epidemic in our society. Pat Maley says South Carolinians are at a …
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Prescription drug abuse a prevalent issue in Baton Rouge

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Luke Reisinger, a 19-year-old undeclared University sophomore, died Feb. 4 after taking a combination of Suboxone, alcohol and possibly Xanax. Reisinger's untimely death shook his unsuspecting friends and family members, but it calls attention to a …
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