Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse Among Wounded Soldiers Uneven, Report Says
Fighting prescription drug abuse among wounded soldiers uneven, report says
Even after a dozen years of war, top Pentagon health officials have yet to impose uniform standards on fighting prescription medication abuse among troops wounded in combat, according to a Defense Department inspector general’s report issued Friday.
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Rx Drug Abuse: Common and Dangerous
Abuse is most common among young people, Compton says. “Prescription drug abuse — like most drug abuse — tends to peak in the teens and 20s,” he tells WebMD. Almost one in five teens — roughly 4.5 million — has tried getting high with prescription …
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TIP411 texts can fight prescription drug abuse
And they hope pharmacy employees — or anyone, for that matter — will report such activity to its new prescription drug abuse tip line. The agency launched an initiative, TIP411, this week to allow the public to quickly and anonymously report …
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NJ Cracks Down on Prescription Drug Abuse [AUDIO]
With the problem of prescription painkiller abuse continuing to get worse, New Jersey officials are adding new high-tech safeguards to prescription blanks used by doctors, so they can't be copied or forged. (Credit: Feng Yu, ThinkStock). “The country …
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Fighting prescription drug abuse among wounded soldiers uneven, report says
Even after a dozen years of war, top Pentagon health officials have yet to impose uniform standards on fighting prescription medication abuse among troops wounded in combat, according to a Defense Department inspector general's report issued Friday.
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