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We recently learned that pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles are available for sale in Urban Outfitters (UO) retail locations and on urbanoutfitters.com. At a time when Rx overdoses are killing our high …
This year’s Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) results, which confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime, received extensive media attention, with numerous national and local media outlets …
Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, is currently selling pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles. These products make light of prescription drug misuse and abuse, a dangerous behavior that is …
This year’s national study data on American teens confirms that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime – a dramatic 33 percent increase over the past five years. The …
Statement of Steve Pasierb, President and CEO New York, NY, December 19, 2012 – The University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Study (MTF) – an annual survey on teen drug abuse tracking 8th, 10th and 12th graders – shows a …
The New York Times recently published a story about Dr. Michael Anderson, who regularly prescribes A.D.H.D. medicines to low-income children – children who do not have attention deficit disorders, in an effort to help improve their academic performance. (“Attention Disorder …
Join The Partnership at Drugfree.org, the Bay Area Alliance for Youth and Families, Prevention First and thousands of others to support the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, taking place on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10:00 …
Our President and CEO, Steve Pasierb, and Marcia Lee Taylor, VP, Government Affairs of The Partnership at Drugfree.org, presented this morning at the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Orlando, FL. Their session, “Changing the Public’s Behavior around Medicine Abuse,” …
It’s Time to Rewrite the Story Response to the Toxicology Report of Whitney Houston Statement from Steve Pasierb It has become an all-too-familiar script. The breaking news. The audible national gasp. The mournful pause. Assumptions and social chatter begin. Tributes …
This week, the Online Pharmacy Safety Act – designed to update and enhance U.S. law to protect patients from the growing number of illegitimate and unsafe online drug sellers – was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. …
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