Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action – Michael Botticelli, ONDCP

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action – Michael Botticelli, ONDCP – “Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action” Michael Botticelli Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Keynote presenter: T…

Letter – Prescription abuse: State needs drug database

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in the United States, Missouri and southwest Missouri. According to the Prescription Nation Report by the National Safety Council, prescription drug overdose has now surpassed traffic crashes as the leading …
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Lynne Curry: Tread carefully if you suspect an employee is addicted to drugs

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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 2 million people in the United States are addicted to opioid pain relievers. The CDC labels the problem an epidemic, noting that drug-treatment admissions for prescription opioids …
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