Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood
All of these interventions addressed general risk and protective factors for substance abuse rather than specifically targeting prescription drug abuse. In follow-up questionnaires and telephone interviews completed at 17-25 years of age, students …
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Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug
The Health and Human Services secretary “will continue to monitor abuse while applying the specific buprenorphine abuse reduction interventions discussed elsewhere in this notice,” the rule stated. “While cognizant of this abuse, the secretary believes …
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