Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story
Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth
WV Congressional Democrats introduce RX drug abuse legislation
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West Virginia's Democratic Congressional representatives recently re-introduced legislation they first pushed in 2011, the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which is aimed at decreasing the number of opioid and methadone-related …
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How Effective Are Addiction Treatment Centers?
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There are various types of drug addicts who use different types of drugs. Not every patient of drug addiction uses illegal drugs. Many are addicted to prescription drugs as well. Getting patients of drug addiction treated effectively at the addiction …
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