Overprescribing of Opioids Impacts Patient Safety and Public Health

Published December 4, 2012

Overprescribing of opioids impacts patient safety and public health

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There are measures currently in place to monitor the increasing epidemic of opioid abuse, including limits on the number of opioid prescriptions covered by insurers, requirements that these drugs be supplied through a single physician or pharmacy, and …
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OUR OPINION: Drug abuse not just a problem of law enforcement

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The same thing has been happening in Maine, where state officials say opiate addiction is increasing even as successful steps have been employed against prescription drug abuse. This is the danger of treating drug abuse as strictly a law enforcement …
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D.A.R.E. to Turn Focus Away from Drugs

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D.A.R.E., the national nonprofit that has promoted "Drug Abuse Resistance Education" to elementary, middle, and high school students since the early 1980s, will all but drop anti-drug material from its curriculum for younger students, according to a …
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