Prescription Drug Abuse PSA

Published July 25, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – I designed this as part of my final project in my humanities class. Prescription drug abuse is an issue that is affecting millions of Americans and, just as …

Lynn Evans: Drop boxes part of prescription drug abuse battle

Filed under: prescription drug addiction help

1 drug threat. Prescription drug abuse is killing men and women from all walks of life. The CDC reports that the deaths of women from prescription drugs has risen most dramatically: about 400 percent since 1999. Marshall Fisher of the Mississippi …
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Local group plans campaign on prescription drug abuse

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The Tuscaloosa advertising-public relations agency that put together the statewide anti-methamphetamine campaign called ZeroMeth, which ran from 2009-2012 and won national attention, is now working on a campaign targeting prescription drug abuse. Greg …
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Deadly epidemic: Prescription drug overdoses

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In an attempt to stem prescription drug abuse, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted in January to toughen restrictions on painkillers, such as Vicodin, containing hydrocodone. The recommendation would limit access to the drugs by …
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