Teen Rx Drug Addiction

Published October 14, 2012

Teen Rx Drug Addiction – Calif. Rep. Mary Bono Mack talks to Maggie Rodriguez about her son’s plea for help with prescription drug addiction.

Commissioner's response: Prescription opiate and heroin abuse a top priority

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The statewide strategy also calls for educating a broad range of front-line professionals about prescription drug abuse and accelerating efforts to include these methadone prescriptions in the Prescription Monitoring Program, which can help spot misuse …
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Low Income Kids Prescribed Medication to Boost Academic Performance

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Instead, they're suffering from the effects of underfunded public schools and the poor academic performance that comes with needing extra help when your teacher is too overwhelmed to give it. Dr. Michael Anderson, a pediatrician in Canton, Georgia …
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COMMUNITY COMMENT: You can help prevent prescription drug abuse

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Those are valid concerns, yet we need to alert parents of a parallel drug problem that also has taken root in Indiana and plagues Hoosier families: abuse of drugs that are legal with a prescription. Unfortunately our state is caught up in a national …
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