NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth

NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth – NIDA TV interview with University of Michigan Professor and NIDA Grantee, Carol Boyd, Ph.D, M.S.N. following her presentation on Prescription Drug Abuse in Y…

Deaths involving prescription drugs up locally

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An increase in the number of deaths involving prescription drugs in 2012 in the Alachua County area ran counter to a statewide trend of fewer deaths credited to a crackdown on pill mills about two years ago. Deaths in 2012 in which prescriptions were …
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TBI, local agencies to collect unused prescription drugs

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TBI Director Mark Gwyn said in a news release that Tennessee is facing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. He said the take-back is important because every prescription drug that law enforcement collects is one less medication that could be …
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