Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Studio Live

Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Studio Live – written, shot, and edited by Daniela Perallon for WHNT News 19 in Huntsville, Al. May 2013.

Teens Have Unsupervised Access to Prescription Drugs

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

June 12, 2013 — A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that 83.4 percent of teens had unsupervised access to their prescription medications at home including 73.7 percent taking pain relief, anti-anxiety, stimulant and sedative …
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Marijuana is an untested drug. Doctors shouldn't be told to prescribe it

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Canadians would not want physicians to prescribe drugs for heart disease, cancer or any other illness without the appropriate scientific evidence and guidelines. Why does the federal government want them to do so with marijuana? The federal government …
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Two Boiling Springs residents charged with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The S.C. Bureau of Drug Control has charged two Boiling Springs residents with obtaining prescription drugs by fraud, according to arrest warrants. Warrants state that Marilena Murphy, 31, of 30 Annandale Drive, was charged with 10 counts of violation …
Read more on Spartanburg Herald Journal