Types of Prescription Drug Abuse

Addiction News
For the latest addiction news, bookmark This Just In. From legal matters and celebrity troubles to addiction studies and recovery stories, this section features the hottest topics in alcohol and drug abuse news. We sort out the sometimes overwhelming … Read more on TheFix.com

BioCorRx gears up for battle vs. drug addiction epidemic
Santa Ana, CA, United States (4E) – Drug addiction is an epidemic afflicting millions of people across the globe. In the United States, more than 24 million people above 12 years old are suffering from this malaise in 2012, according to the Substance … Read more on Gant Daily

The Music Hall showing eye-opening film about drug abuse
Holmes, a practicing pediatrician in St. Albans, Vt., had been focusing on substance and prescription drug abuse for several years after a 16-year-old boy he knew came into his office asking for help with his pain killer addiction, according to O'Brien … Read more on Seacoastonline.com

Drug Abuse Prevalent in Healthcare Industry
Michael Meriweather is a counselor and says the effects of healthcare experts abusing drugs can be devastating. "If you're impaired you can give the wrong medicine to someone, you can give cause yourself a lot of harm professionally, and the person you … Read more on WTVC

Abuse, theft of prescription drugs on the rise, ND attorney general says
BISMARCK – Prescription drug abuse and theft are on the rise in North Dakota as children and thieves increasingly hunt for unused medications in medicine cabinets and bathroom drawers, with some burglars going so far as to target homes of the recently … Read more on WDAY

US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington say these life-saving drug therapies are underutilized because of the widespread misperception within the medical community that drug abuse medications replace one addiction … Read more on Voice of America

What do prescription drugs do to the body?

Guest Voice of 3 District Attorneys: How to stop Pa.'s drug carnage
Prescription drug abuse is a life-and-death situation, and not something we in law enforcement can afford to take lightly. While the American Civil Liberties Union and its mouthpiece, Andy Hoover, continue to throw bombs and call reasonable people … Read more on GoErie.com

2 men, teen arrested after 9mm pistol and drugs found during traffic stop
Starks had two passengers when he was pulled over during a traffic stop around 12:15 a.m. One was a 16-year-old male juvenile, who was taken to the Sandusky County Juvenile Detention Center on a drug abuse charge. The second passenger, 29-year-old … Read more on Fremont News Messenger

4 Failed Attempts to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse (and Their …
The reformulation achieved an important goal: OxyContin went from being the primary drug of abuse for 36 percent of participants to just 13 percent less than two years later. But participants didn't stop using drugs. Use of potent painkillers fentanyl … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)

Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
One in five college students have admitted during national surveys to using prescription drugs without having a prescription, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. At the UofA, three arrests for prescription drug abuse occurred between Jan. Read more on The Arkanas Traveller

Got Drugs? National Drug Takeback Day is this Saturday, April 26
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the country. In Washington State 11% of teens use prescription medicines for non-medical reasons – a rate among the highest in the nation. Over half of teens abusing medicines get them from … Read more on The B-Town Blog (blog)

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday
Riggenbach stated The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is an initiative that addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of … Read more on Times Bulletin

Legal marijuana challenges drug abuse awareness
April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a key time for all Islanders to work towards reducing the stigma around seeking help for alcohol abuse. Alcohol addiction can affect both youth and adults and is a treatable disease. This year, for the first time … Read more on Mercer Island Reporter

Jerry Davich: Frontline hits front lines to combat drug addiction
Frontline is a faith-based, nonprofit substance abuse recovery program designed for struggling addicts from age 18 to 28, the highest-risk group for addiction and peer pressure. That impressionable age group holds the dubious distinction for the … Read more on Post-Tribune

Pharmacists are often on the front line against prescription drug abuse
Drugstores and the pharmacists who work there are on the front lines of the war against illicit prescription drug use. People hit them with fake prescriptions. Or present them with real ones obtained from several different doctors. They break in at … Read more on Ravalli Republic

Portman Hears Stories Of Heroin & Drug Addiction In Columbus
Senator Rob Portman heard from experts and recovering heroin addicts during a forum on drug abuse and prevention, and it was a topic that hit very close to home for several participants. Shannon Ballas appears to have it all together, but there's a … Read more on 10TV

eTect Awarded Second Phase of Program by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
eTect announced today it has been authorized to move ahead on the second phase of it's "Fast Track" SBIR grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Phase 2 of the NIDA program will provide $ 1,000,000 of research support for product … Read more on SYS-CON Media (press release)

PROJECT LAZARUS: Program to prevent prescription drug abuse, overdose …
According to at least one state expert, North Carolina and Lee County are facing a prescription drug overdose epidemic. "If we are not doing anything about it, it is not going away," said Project Lazarus founder and CEO Fred Brason. "It's not something … Read more on Sanford Herald (registration)

Anti-drug program dares to change
This is not your father's D.A.R.E. program. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program being presented in Athens schools these days is different from the one taught more than 20 years ago when it was first offered here. The old "don't do dope" message … Read more on Athens NEWS