Have You Talked to Your Parents About Drugs? the Startling Rise of Baby …

Have You Talked To Your Parents About Drugs? The Startling Rise Of Baby …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

Over the last decade, the number of boomers in Florida being treated for addiction to prescription drugs has skyrocketed. In 2001, 15 percent of Floridians in treatment were baby boomers. Ten years later that had jumped to 30 percent. So a few years …
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UNC: N.C.'s prescription drug abuse reporting system working

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Pharmacists and physicians are encouraged to use this tool to identify patients who abuse prescription drugs and increase their referral to treatment. But the system is voluntary, and only about one-third of the 34,000 physicians who are registered …
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The Real Limitless Drug Isn't Just for Lifehackers Anymore

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He never takes prescription drugs. He doesn't drink to excess. He's into acupuncture and alternative medicine. But he was working two jobs—by day, he does quantitative analysis and project management for a venture-capital-backed B2B start-up; by night …
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