PBS NewsHour Excerpt: Prescription Drug Abuse Aired 5-3-13

PBS NewsHour Excerpt: Prescription Drug Abuse aired 5-3-13 – In this excerpt from the PBS NewsHour, correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at what Oklahoma is doing to battle prescription drug abuse, and the addiction th…

Wisconsin Looks To Join Neighboring States In Monitoring Prescription Drugs

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Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary Dave Ross says it makes a lot of sense to share prescription painkiller information with other states, especially for border communities. “If we had a system that only addressed prescription drug …
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Hispanic Teens More Likely to Abuse Drugs: Survey

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In addition, 28 percent of Hispanic parents say using prescription drugs is safer than using street drugs, compared with 20 percent of black parents and 9 percent of white parents. "Many parents feel there is nothing they can do; it's really the …
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How do prescription drugs get such crazy names?

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The back half of the drug name is the same for all drugs in a particular class — for instance, there are a whole raft of cholesterol-lowering drugs that end in -vastatin: atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), rosuvastatin (Crestor …
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