Manchin Says Drug Legislation Needed

Published March 7, 2013

Manchin says drug legislation needed

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

West Virginia legislators introduced the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in 2011, in an effort to help decrease the number of opioid and methadone-related deaths in West Virginia and nationwide through: new training requirements …
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Round table discussion focuses on prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Rahall decided to organize the roundtable after introducing the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the House companion measure to the Senate bill authored by Rockefeller. The bills would promote both physician and consumer …
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Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Richard Fee's heartbreaking battle with prescription drug addiction followed a tragically familiar pattern: casual use of pills from friends who had lots to spare because of overprescribing, followed by doctor shopping to obtain multiple prescriptions …
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