Prescription Drug Abuse Still a Problem
Prescription drug abuse still a problem
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Heroin like Oxycontin is an opiate. It's also cheaper on the street to buy Heroin than it is Oxycontin. A drug treatment facility in Louisville tells me at a 30 bed facility 28 of those beds are filled with heroin addicts in recovery. Heroin addiction …
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K in drugs stolen from treatment center
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La Crosse police are investigating the theft of $ 18,000 worth of prescription drugs from a residential treatment center for addicts. A supervisor told police he found the door open and a crow bar inside Friday evening after taking residents to an …
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Prescription addiction a growing problem for county, state
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By 2012, about half of the patients of the facility were there for alcohol. The rest represented a sharp increase in treatment for opiate addiction. Opiates may make people think of the well-known illegal drug heroin, but the term also encompasses …
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Prescription painkillers trail only marijuana in abuse rates, report shows
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"The number of people seeking treatment has come on faster than we thought," Delany said. "The number of people going for treatment for prescription pain drug use has quadrupled from 2004 to 2010 and we have seen a similar increase in what's going on …
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Prescription drug addiction – facebook.com Learn about prescription drug addiction. Pain pills and prescription medication can be abused and lead to drug addiction and substance dependence. Watch this video and learn how one person recovered from prescription drug addiction. If you have a pain killer addiction, visit an addiction treatment center for help.
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