prescription drug abuse
Prescription Drug Abuse in Delaware
Special Agent In-Charge of the Philadelphia Division, Delaware Governor Jack Markell, and many other officials had a press conference to bring statewide focus to the issue of escalating prescription drug abuse. Delaware did participate in the DEA’s national Take Back Day. They provided many sites throughout the state where people could discard unused, unwanted or [...]
Missouri Police unveil permanent drug disposal unit
Community activists and Nixa Police are upping the efforts to curb prescription drug abuse and they are installing a permanent medication drug box inside police headquarters. The box is one of the 10 in the state awarded by the Missouri Youth Adult Alliance. Nixa was selected as a result of an application from the newly-formed [...]
Mississippi’s Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
Two people are sitting in a car right outside a local business. They are not just talking: they are doing an illicit drug transaction. One of the guys in that car is a doctor and he is giving the other a prescription for a pain killer. Doctors are running “pill mills” in Mississippi. This is [...]
Portland, OR Prescription Database in Full Swing
This week, pharmacists in Portland, Oregon started handing out slips of paper with every prescription filled, notifying patients that their prescriptions are now being tracked in a statewide database. The prescription drug database allows pharmacists to identify patterns of prescription drug abuse and addiction as well as prevent “doctor shopping” and other dangerous practices. Some [...]
North Carolina pilots prescription drop-off box
Authorities in Jacksonville, North Carolina are piloting the use of prescription drug dropbox in the local police station. The box is maintained by the police force. North Carolina residents are able to drop off medications, no questions asked, any day of the year. So far, in just the past two weeks, hundreds of medications have [...]
New Film About Prescription Drug Abuse in Arizona
Less than two years ago, Joey Rovero, an Arizona State University student, died in his sleep from a fatal overdose of prescription painkillers and alcohol. His mother went on to create the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse, and has even gone so far as to testify before the U.S. Congress on the rapidly growing [...]
Former Miss Russia Goes to New York Drug Rehab
Anna Malova, a former Miss Russia, transferred from jail to a New York drug rehab. Malova was put in jail by a New York court for forging painkiller prescriptions. Malova was a doctor in Russia, before becoming a model and moving to the United States. She has been charged with attempting to fill faked prescriptions [...]
Florida governor signs “pill mill” legislation
Florida’s Governor, Rick Scott, signed their new pill mill legislation into law. The bill creates a database to track sales of medications in the state, and curbs doctors’ ability to sell controlled substances from their clinics. Florida law previously allowed doctors to prescribe and dispense various painkillers from their office locations. This laxness in the [...]
Alabama Hosts Prescription Drug Take-Back Event
Alabama participated in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back event a few weeks ago, and the count is in. More than 1,200 pounds of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs were picked up and disposed of by Alabama authorities. The DEA has been coordinating this event nationwide for the past several months in an effort to reduce the availability [...]
Florida Governor to Sign Pill Mill Legislation
According to news sources, Florida Governor Rick Scott will sign a bill that was passed unanimously by both the state House and Senate that will regulate and track “pill mill” activity in Florida. The Florida government has gotten national heat, recently, for its failure to deal with the drug trafficking threat created by Florida’s lax [...]
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