Prescription Drug Abuse–one Conversation

Prescription Drug Abuse–one conversation – Aaron M. shares what he would say to kids.

Heroin returning as drug of choice

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

Recently released statistics by the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services revealed that in 2011 the leading cause of illegal drug overdose deaths in Ohio was heroin. Local law enforcement officials, however, could have told …
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A PHI dilemma: DEA and prescription drug abuse monitoring

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

As federal health regulators try to ensure HIPAA's guarantees to access and security of protected health information, a federal court is mulling the limits of government access to PHI by the likes of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The state of …
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Editorial: Drug abuse prevention efforts much needed

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

As prescription drug abuse began to spread in our region a decade ago, many of the cases involved adults who had begun taking pills for an injury or disability and then developed a habit. But increasingly pain pills have become a recreational or party …
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