Bilirakis Examines Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

Published February 3, 2014

Bilirakis Examines Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis — In a June 14, 2013, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing , Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL) examined the prescription drug abuse crisis and res…

State's Attorney informs students on drug abuse
Drug use and abuse has been a growing cause for concern in the county and across the country in recent years. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 15 percent of high school seniors used a prescription drug non-medically in 2013. Rogers …
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A deadly habit: Prescription drugs leading cause of overdose deaths in Larimer …
In 2007, 27,000 people nationally died from prescription drug overdoses, leading federal heath officials to call prescription drug abuse “the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States.” The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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