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?
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