Prescription drug abuse an 'epidemic'

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11/19/2012 – In a recent newspaper article, a Nebraska State Patrol investigator called the abuse of prescription drugs an “epidemic” in the state. Aly Hassan … Part of it, Dr. Hassan said, is that we're treating pain differently than we did even not …
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Prescription drug addiction rising

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That prices is the misuse and abuse of prescription pain medication. Hassan says the treatment of pain took a serious turn in the '90s. Pain, according to Hassan, became the 5th vital sign, joining the four primary vital signs of body temperature …
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Rx abuse proves local issue, too

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In January, the N.H. Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment published a report saying prescription drug abuse and misuse kills more adults in the state than car crashes. The report notes classes of …
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