Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise in Commonwealth

Published November 6, 2012

Prescription drug abuse on the rise in commonwealth

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

Clark said the new legislation would increase public awareness, reduce the supply of pills, crack down on fraudulent prescriptions, make it tougher to “doctor shop” and increase access to information and substance abuse treatment. With prescription …
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Row over treatment for addicts

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

A row has broken out over methadone programmes and the effectiveness of residential rehabilitation for drug addicts. A row has broken … It came after details emerged of occupancy rates in some centres of below 50% at a time when drug deaths are rising.
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