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Prescription Medication Spilling From an Open Medicine Bottle

Government Aims to Cut Misuse of Prescription Drugs by 15 Percent in Five Years

By | April 20, 2011 | 14 Comments | Filed in Addiction, Drugs, Government, Prescription Drugs & Prevention

A new government strategy aims to cut the use of prescription painkillers by 15 percent in five years. The plan includes doctor training, promoting prescription databases in all states and increased focus on rooting out illegal ‘pill mill’ clinics. …

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When Good Medicines Become Bad Drugs

By | August 21, 2010 | 3 Comments | Filed in Our Blog

An estimated 15 percent of adults in America — millions of people — suffer with pain that lasts more than three months.  For many of these people, prescription opioid pain medicines are an important part of their treatment for a …

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