Obama Administration Says Prescription Drug Abuse Fastest Growing Drug

Obama Administration Says Prescription Drug Abuse Fastest Growing Drug – Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile c…

Corbett promotes prescription drug drop-off boxes
HARRISBURG – Gov. Corbett is trying to raise awareness of prescription-drug abuse, encouraging Pennsylvanians to empty their medicine cabinets of expired or unused pharmaceuticals and dispose of them in one of 250 new drop-off boxes in the state.
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Rx Drug Overdose Is Leading Cause Of Unnatural Death In Westmoreland Co.
The hope is that the problem will improve in 2014. However, it's not gotten off to a good start. So far, as we reach the half-way point of January, seven people have died of drug overdoses in Westmoreland County – mostly due to prescription drugs.
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