Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors on Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV


 

Prescription Drug Abuse — Doctors On Call WVU Healthcare and WV Public TV – Opioid addiction is a huge problem in West Virginia. The problem can even start right in your own medicine cabinet with prescription drugs. That’s why experts answer questions about prescription drug abuse on this episode of Doctors on Call.

 

Parents talk to kids about drug abuse

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Parents and adults here are in denial about drug abuse by their kids, a former federal drug enforcement agent told members of the Grand Forks Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition recently. By: Pamela Knudson, Grand Forks Herald. Parents and adults …
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Doctors warn of effects of synthetic drugs

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Drugs like Spice, Black Mamba and K2 — fake marijuana — accounted for 11,206 emergency room visits in 2010, and 75 percent of patients were age 12 to 29, according to a report released Tuesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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Drug Abuse Foundation to honor former Delray mayor

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The Drug Abuse Foundation wants to take the time to have a reception in his honor at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Siemens-Evert Campus Auditorium, 400 S. Swinton Ave. According to officials with the Drug Abuse Foundation, started by a local police officer, …
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