Prescription Drug Abuse

Published April 17, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse –

Schumer pushes tough new rules on prescription drugs – Newsday

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Citing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday touted tough new federal legislation to keep painkillers out of the wrong hands. Schumer's proposal, co-sponsored with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mark Kirk …
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I-STOP database will halt prescription drug abuse in New York, lawmakers say

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Lawmakers describe John "Nugget" Bland as the kind of criminal who won't stand a chance once the state gets its new prescription database running. Bland, who was arrested in Orange County last month, allegedly forged prescriptions and employed a …
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