Prescription Drug Abuse Becomes Deadly Epidemic

Published July 30, 2013

Prescription drug abuse becomes deadly epidemic

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TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) – According to a July report released by the Centers for Disease Control, more than 16,000 people in the United States die each year from prescription drug abuse, an increase of over 300 percent since 1999, and those figures are … Read more on WTVA

Collaboration Needed to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Access Issues …

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Partisanship usually gets the blame when Washington fails to muster an appropriate governmental response to the nation's challenges. But when it comes to confronting prescription drug abuse, the divide within the government is caused not by the culprit … Read more on Roll Call

Marine Corps Base Hawaii teaches youth drug abuse prevention

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Cpl. Luke Johnson, 25, a patrolman for the Provost Marshal's Office gets a special pie in the face, filled with assorted ingredients after a Drug Education for Youth program activity at the PMO Field, July 23, 2013. Each participant either was … Read more on Marines.mil (press release)