Data Shows Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
NORMAN — Oklahoma pharmacies filled nearly 10 million prescriptions for narcotic painkillers and other controlled dangerous substances last year, according to newly obtained state data. Those prescriptions — an average of 68 per patient, including …
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This Is America’s Fastest-Growing Drug Problem
There are few wars that the United States can conceivably say it’s not won, but the war on illicit drugs and general drug abuse continues to be one such instance where there’s no clear victory in sight. According to a National Drug Threat Survey …
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Tanzania: This Drug Abuse Must Stop
IN yesterday’s sister paper, the ‘Sunday News,’ we published a story on the rise of cases of shockingly cruel acts, including murder and sexual abuse in the country, which mental health and psychology experts link to increased use and abuse of narcotic …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic
The death last Sunday of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at age 46 focused media attention on the nationwide surge in heroin use and overdoses. But the very real heroin epidemic is framed by an even more dramatic increase since the …
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