over-the-counter drug abuse

• Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. Holds a Hearing On Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 25, 2009

• 10 CFR 26.75 - Sanctions.

... impose when an individual has violated the drug and alcohol provisions of an FFD policy. A license... over-the-counter drug represents substance abuse. Sanctions for misuse of prescription and over-the...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10: Energy

• White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John Walters Holds a News Conference at the National Press Club On Prescription and Over-the Counter Drug Abuse Among Teens

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 22, 2009

• A pill problem: prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing form of substance abuse.

• State Legislatures
• Vol. 36 Nbr. 3, March 2010

• Watch for Prescription Drug Abuse

Over the past decade, prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse among teens has been on the rise. The use of these drugs has spurred a dangerous trend that is affecting many of our schools and has even dubbed today's teens as "Generation Rx. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, prescription drug abuse by teens exceeds only marijuana use, and there are as many new abusers (aged 12 and older) of pain relievers as there are for marijuana.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• September 24, 2010

• Cleaning Our Collective Medicine Cabinets

Residents across the area recently joined people from across the state and nation in cleaning out their medicine cabinets of unused prescription drugs. The local effort featured locations in Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Dinwiddie County and Prince George County were residents could safely drop off their unneeded medicine. The effort was part of a nation effort by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency to help combat abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications. The federal agency says abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem.

• Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va.
• October 10, 2010

• Fda Considers Diet Pill As Over-the-Counter Drug: ; Internal Review Finds Use Could Lead to Vitamin Deficiencies, Abuse

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to make a prescription diet pill that blocks the absorption of fat the first weight-loss drug it has approved for over-the- counter sales. In 1999, the regulatory agency approved orlistat, marketed as Xenical, for sale as a prescription drug. Now, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare seeks to sell an over-the-counter version of the pill.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• January 24, 2006

• Panel Says Cough Meds Should Remain Available

WASHINGTON - A panel of medical experts says cough medicines like Robitussin should continue to be sold over-the-counter, despite increasing abuse among teenagers that has prompted calls to restrict the products. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 15-9 against a proposal that would require a doctor's note to buy medicines containing dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in more than 100 over-the-counter medications.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• September 15, 2010

• Teens and Prescription Drugs

As families begin preparations for the upcoming school year, parents should be aware of a peer-pressure problem burgeoning nationwide: prescription-drug abuse. Parents, particularly those with teen-age girls, should hold frank discussions with their children about this problem, which is causing increased deaths and hospitalizations across the country. Nearly one in five 7th- through 12th-graders say they have used prescription drugs to get high, according to a survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. One in 10 say they've gotten high off of cough medicine. These figures put prescription and over- the-counter drug abuse among teens on equal footing with illegal drugs. According to the same source, 10 percent of teens have tried cocaine, 8 percent have tried methamphetamine and ...

• The Washington Times
• August 14, 2007

• Officers Attending Presentation About Abuse of Prescription Drugs

Officials from a Connecticut pharmaceutical manufacturer were presenting a seminar in Charleston today to local law enforcement agencies on how to deal with over-the-counter and prescription drug abuse. The issue has been in the spotlight in recent weeks after two St. Albans high school students died of apparent prescription drug overdoses. Other students were reportedly hospitalized for treatment after abusing prescription drugs.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 17, 2005