Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors on Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV

Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors On Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV – Opioid addiction is a huge problem in West Virginia. The problem can even start right in your own medicine cabinet with prescription drugs. That’s why experts answer questions about prescription drug abuse on this episode of Doctors on Call.

Brockton, Quincy take aim at youth drug abuse

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One in a series of occasional stories about opiate abuse and its consequences. Youth prescription drug abuse is the focus of extensive data collection in several Massachusetts cities, including Brockton and Quincy, as communities prepare to launch …
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State Must Address Prescription Drug Abuse

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Inspector General Patrick Maley's job is too look for waste in state government and look for ways to improve state government. He says one way to do both – and to save lives – is to change the way South Carolina fights prescription drug abuse. “In this …
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