CDC: The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
"We can stop this epidemic," Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during the second National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in early April. "We have the tools, but we need everyone working together in an …
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DEA: Public response to National Prescription Take-Back Day keeps growing
According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), twice as many Americans regularly abused prescription drugs than the number of those who regularly used cocaine, …
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Bay area takes part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday
Tampa, Florida — Many counties are taking part in National Drug-Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27. The event gives the public the opportunity to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft by safely disposing of potentially dangerous expired, unused …
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Innovative drug courts need help
It's unfortunate that earlier this year, the governor vetoed a promising bill that would have saved the state money by diverting nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and into community-based substance-abuse treatment and education programs. More …
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Tenn. mum on search for new lethal injection drugs
**FILE** Florida's lethal injection gurney is shown in an undated handout photo taken in the redesigned death chamber which will accommodate either the electric chair or the gurney at Florida State Prison. Lethal injections were supposed to be the …
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In Worst US Flu Outbreak, NY Declares Emergency
Flu was widespread in 47 states last week, up from 41 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The only states without widespread flu … Now off that list: Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina in the South, the …
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