What’s Your Solution to Fighting the Prescription Drug Epidemic in West Virginia?

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Paramus Unites in Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

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Those who have witnessed the dangers of prescription drug abuse shared their tales with an audience of community members Tuesday with the hopes that their message will help keep today's youth from embarking on a dangerous path that can start simply …
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Rahall, Rogers introduce bill to curb drug abuse

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Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two U.S. Representatives, one from West Virginia and the other from Kentucky, recently introduced a bill to increase abuse-deterrent safeguards for prescription drugs. The Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills (STOPP …
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Bill would create prescription database for doctors

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The Pennsylvania attorney general's office for several years has been able to track prescription drug abuse by consulting a database of narcotics dispensed by pharmacies. Now, a Bucks County lawmaker wants to give physicians and pharmacists a similar …
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