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- Prescription Drug Abuse: ; Help Hot Line Busy As Funds Dry Up
HELP: Reach the W.Va. Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline at 866-WV- QUITT or www.wvrxabuse.org Administrators of a hot line that helps West Virginians find treatment for prescription drug abuse are worried the program will be forced to close.
- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- March 28, 2011
- Epidemic: ; There Are Ways to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
Recently The Charleston Gazette ran a series on the emerging epidemic of prescription drug abuse. In a state with the highest rate of drug-related deaths, highlighting prescription drug abuse is an important public service. As the chief medical officer for the pharmaceuticals business within Covidien, a leading health care products company, we take very seriously our responsibility to help reduce prescription drug abuse and misuse. Accordingly, I want to share with West Virginians the collaborative steps we and others on the federal, state and local levels are taking to stem this growing epidemic and provide useful information to help them take action against the problem.
- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- February 07, 2011
- Drug-Abuse Help On the Horizon
BY CATHERINE KOZAK THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
- The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
- November 17, 2006

- Jay Asks Feds to Help Wyoming County Fight Drug Abuse
Sen. Jay Rockefeller has asked the White House to direct more federal resources to Wyoming County to help fight prescription drug abuse. The West Virginia Democrat wrote last week to Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske, asking for information on how Wyoming County can be designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
- Charleston Gazette
- July 21, 2011
- Department of Justice Awards $6.2 Million to Help States Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department of Justice today announced awards of more than $6.2 million to 22 states to support prescription drug monitoring programs, which help prevent and detect abuse of pharmaceutical controlled substances, particularly at the retail level. These grants, administered by the Office of Justice Programs's (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), are provided through the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Forged and fraudulent prescriptions can remain unreported or undetected unless states have a program or agency committed to addressing the issue," said Regina B. Schofield, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. "These awards will fund monitoring programs, which are efficient tools for early detecti...
- U.S. Newswire
- September 27, 2005
- Teen science--investigators three teens' remarkable research projects help reveal the science behind drug abuse and addiction.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Volunteering in a hospital in Texas, 17-year-old Kapil Ramachandran saw a patient admitted for an overdose of narcotics and a...
- New York Times Upfront
- Vol. 141 Nbr. 5, November 2008
- Suboxone Use in Portland: A Lifeline for Recovering Addicts or a New Abuse Problem?
PORTLAND, Maine -- Law enforcement agents and drug users in Portland are saying street abuse of Suboxone, a prescription drug intended to help individuals become less dependent on opiates such as heroin, is a new counterculture fad in Maine's largest city. But a top addiction rehabilitation doctor said Suboxone has been unfairly vilified and is a "fundamentally safe" lifeline for recovering addicts who may always need some form of medication to survive.
- Bangor Daily News
- December 28, 2011
- Suboxone Use in Portland: A Lifeline for Recovering Addicts or a New Abuse Problem?
PORTLAND, Maine -- Law enforcement agents and drug users in Portland are saying street abuse of Suboxone, a prescription drug intended to help individuals become less dependent on opiates such as heroin, is a new counterculture fad in Maine's largest city. But a top addiction rehabilitation doctor said Suboxone has been unfairly vilified and is a "fundamentally safe" lifeline for recovering addicts who may always need some form of medication to survive.
- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- December 29, 2011
- State Gets a Partner in Fighting Pill Abuse ; a New National Focus May Boost Programs in Maine, Where More People Die From Ods Than Car Crashes.
State officials say a new national effort to tackle prescription drug abuse could help officials in Maine, where the diversion of prescription drugs took hold earlier than in most states. There is a huge access issue here," said Guy Cousins, director of the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. "The average Mainer has at least one prescription, and when we take a look at where people get (abused) medication, the number one place is either family or friends - it's either given, sold or they're stealing it.
- Portland Press Herald
- July 26, 2010
- Milford Seeking State Grant to Help Fight Drug Abuse?
By Chris Rhatigan Register Correspondent MILFORD -- The city is applying for a state grant of up to $125,000 to help a coalition of local organizations fight substance abuse.
- New Haven Register
- March 15, 2010