Special Report: Prescription Drug Abuse Part III

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"We've become very passionate to try and educate the public, to educate the community to try to stop prescription drug abuse and addiction that occurs from overuse of these drugs," said Hollinsed. North Carolina has a prescription reporting system …
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Prescription Database Helps in Drug Fight

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The medical community gained a new way to track and prevent drug abuse when the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database went live six months ago. It lets doctors and pharmacists see if a person is "doctor shopping" — hopping from one …
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