Prescription Drug Abuse Education

Prescription Drug Abuse Education – I put this together for a school project. It has some stats about prescription drug abuse.

Fighting the epidemic of prescription drug abuse in Colorado

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Suthers says, in Adams County alone, 1 in 5 high school students have abused prescription drugs in the last year. Fourteen-percent of Coloradans 18 to 25 report abusing painkillers. The overall abuse rate of 6-percent ranks Colorado second-highest in …
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American Drug War: US Prosecution Tactics Frees Colombian Nationals

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As previously reported in the Chronicle, Shaygan was charged with overprescribing narcotics as part of the federal government's campaign against prescription drug abuse, but later acquitted. After his acquittal, Shaygan won a $ 600,000 judgment against …
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