Posts Tagged ‘ Substance Abuse ’

Tampa Bay’s War On Prescription Drugs Nets 38 Arrests

On a grassy field in Clearwater, in a courtroom in Tampa and under a bridge in Indian Shores, the Tampa Bay community’s battle against prescription drug abuse is playing out.


 

State must tread lightly in regulating pain control

First, do no harm. That Hippocratic maxim should be kept in mind as state government inserts itself more deeply in doctors’ decisions to treat chronic pain.


 

Prescription Drug Use Continues to Increase: U.S. Prescription Drug Data for 2007-2008

Over the last decade the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased by 10%.


 

Study Identifies Risks for Painkiller Addiction

The mystery of why some people are more likely to become addicted to opioid painkillers has been partially unraveled by the Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania.


 

States Struggle to Slow Prescription Drug Abuse

In the past decade, prescription drug abuse has soared to new levels. A recent White House study found a 400 percent increase in abuse from 1998 to 2008.


 

College Students Faking ADHD To Obtain Stimulants

Researchers have noticed a growing trend among college students that has raised prescription drug abuse to a new level: Some students have been found to feign ADHD symptoms in order to obtain prescriptions for stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall.


 

Myths About Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), about 1.9 million youth aged 12 to 17 years abused prescription drugs in 2008. Abuse of prescription drugs is dangerous as well as illegal, but many teens are not aware of the risks involved.


 

3 Utah County Men Sentenced in Illegal Online Pharmacy Case

The three were part of an initial indictment in October 2008 against a total of 18 people for involvement in the distribution of prescription medications from Mexico through Internet pharmacy businesses.


 

How Doctors Can Outsmart Addicts

Doctors now have access to a powerful electronic database to combat prescription drug fraud — and one Island physician says he’s already used it weed out bogus patients seeking painkillers.


 

America’s Most Medicated State? West Virginia

Open the medicine cabinet in anyone’s home, and chances are good you find at least a couple — and perhaps many — plastic prescription drug bottles.


 

Massachusetts to Improve Online Database to Spot Prescription Drug Abuse

In an attempt to curb “doctor shopping,” or going from doctor to doctor in search of multiple prescriptions for dangerously addictive medication, Massachusetts health officials have approved a plan that will give doctors and pharmacists access to an online database that keeps track of patients’ prescriptions.


 

State OK’s tool to detect prescription drug abuse

With a few computer keystrokes, Massachusetts physicians will soon be able to identify patients who travel from clinic to clinic in pursuit of potent prescription drugs that feed lethal addictions.


 

Feds: Tampa Bay Area Tops in State for ‘Pill Mills’

The Tampa Bay area has supplanted South Florida as the epicenter of a statewide cottage industry that dispenses prescriptions and pills in bunches, according to a federal agency that inspects pain-management clinics.


 

Woman Arrested On Doctor Shopping Charges

Deputies in Charlotte County arrested a woman on 11 felony counts of “doctor shopping.”


 

Website Fights Prescription Drug Abuse

Pharmacists, doctors and law enforcement personnel have a powerful internet search tool at their disposal that is being used in greater numbers to combat prescription drug abuse.


 

County Pharmaceutical Disposal Program Proves Popular

A countywide program for the safe disposal of unused and expired pharmaceutical drugs — including prescription and over-the-counter medication — has surpassed expectations, according to Santa Barbara County officials.


 

7 Women Charged in Prescription Drug Ring

Seven Piedmont Cardiology Associates employees are accused of illegally obtaining prescription medications.


 

Are You Worried About Prescription Drug Abuse

A new report indicates that prescription pain reliever abuse has increased dramatically across all sectors of society and is America’s fastest-growing drug problem.


 

Mother Given Bail After Being Charged in Son’s Drug Overdose

A mother accused of killing her son with prescription drugs appeared in a Broward County court room Friday morning.


 

Doctor Shopping Conspiracy Leads to 12 Arrests

Twelve people face charges and authorities are looking for at least four more in connection with a doctor shopping conspiracy between Houston and Bossier Parish.


 

 
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