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Prescription drug abuse.

Explores different views on the causes of and potential solutions to the long-term risks of prescription drug abuse.

Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Ipswich, Mass.] : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2017]
Series:Reference shelf ; volume 89, number 5.
Subjects:
Medication abuse > United States.
Opioid abuse > United States.
Americans > Drug use.
Medication abuse.
Drug abuse.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • National Disorder: Treating Chronic Conditions
  • Taking On the Scourge of Opioids
  • How Prescription-Drug Abuse Unleashed a Heroin Epidemic
  • The Truth about Prescription Pills: One Writer's Story of Anxiety and Addiction
  • Almost Half of All Opioid Misuse Starts with a Friend or Family Member's Prescription
  • Yes, Benzos Are Bad for You
  • Casualties of the VA
  • War on Prescription Drugs: What If You Depend on Opioids to Live a Decent Life?
  • Spectrum of Risk
  • Prescription Drug Abuse among Older Adults Is Harder to Detect
  • Old and Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem in Nursing Homes
  • Fatal Friendships: What Happens When Women Share Drugs on Facebook
  • College Students Aren't the Only Ones Abusing Adderall
  • Smack Epidemic
  • US Child Opioid Overdoses Increased over Past Two Decades, Research Finds
  • The Hefty Price of "Study Drug" Misuse on College Campuses
  • Risky Alone, Deadly Together
  • The Prescription Drug Business
  • The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder.
  • When the Mailman Unwittingly Becomes a Drug Dealer
  • Alison's Story: How $750,000 in Drug "Treatment" Destroyed Her Life
  • Drug-Company Payments Mirror Doctors' Brand-Name Prescribing
  • Opioid Rx Abuse Probe Sees a Record 31 Doctors Hit with Sanctions in New Jersey
  • Treatment and Wellness
  • A Primary Care Doctor Delves into the Opioid Epidemic
  • The Doctors Who Started the Opioid Epidemic
  • Can We Curb the Opioid Abuse Epidemic by Rethinking Chronic Pain?
  • The Painkillers That Could End the Opioid Crisis
  • How Medical Marijuana Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic
  • What's Really Causing the Prescription Drug Crisis?
  • After Medical Marijuana Legalized, Medicare Prescriptions Drop For Many Drugs
  • The Policy Approach: Restricting Supply and Legalizing Treatment
  • Researchers Use Black-Market Drug Website to Gauge Public Health
  • Are Pharmaceutical Companies to Blame for the Opioid Epidemic?
  • Ohio Sues Five Drug makers, Saying They Fueled Opioid Crisis
  • Congress Probes West Virginia Opioid Shipments
  • States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for "Doctor Shopping"
  • Bibliography
  • Websites
  • Index.