Prescription Drug Abuse PSA


 

Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – I designed this as part of my final project in my humanities class. Prescription drug abuse is an issue that is affecting millions of Americans and, just as …

 

Prescription drug abuse an American epidemic

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Women, we have a problem. According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control, American women are dying from drug overdoses and the misuse of drugs at an alarming rate. As a former judge who presided over a drug court, I have seen firsthand …
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The 5 Most Expensive Prescription Drugs for Retirees

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Retirees spent $ 92.8 billion on prescription drugs in 2010. The majority of this money (68 percent) was paid for just five types of medications that cost Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older $ 63.4 billion, according to a recent analysis by the …
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Woman Charged After Prescription Drugs Found In House

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Lexington, NC — Narcotics officers with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office charged a woman Monday will having illegal prescription drugs. The charges were filed after the Vice/Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant on Monica Hall Cassar at her …
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Prescription Drug Takeback scheduled Aug. 3

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Overdoses and deaths from prescription drug abuse now top U.S. teen deaths from all other illicit drugs combined. The average first age of teens abusing prescription drugs is 12 years old. And, 17.6 percent of eighth, 10th and 12th graders in Navajo …
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3 Responses to Prescription Drug Abuse PSA

  • Sam Brown says:

    I was addicted to codine and the? love of my life, help me get better. She through my stash out and I thank God for bringing her into my life

  • Community TV Network says:

    great video. check out our? videos on drug abuse. “Night and Day” by hardcoverchicago.

  • SaveOurChildren561 says:

    WOW.. this touched my heart and soul! I feel your pain and live it as well. I have lost 2 of my family members to Prescription Drug Abuse. We have a group working towards closing the pill mills and these “pain clinics” here in Palm Beach County. Every little step towards saving our children is better than no step. This “project” of yours should be on NATIONAL TELEVISION…. I pray for you and your family and the families of? this nation who feel your pain and have walked in your shoes.
    Namaste
    D

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