By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – A city cop used Utah’s prescription drug database to visit a couple’s home for so-called “pill checks” and steal their pain drugs, hoping “they would be too dumb to notice the pills… Read More ›
Prescription medication
Young people driving epidemic of prescription drug abuse
Contact: David Kelly david.kelly@ucdenver.edu 303-315-6374 University of Colorado Denver Abuse of nonmedical analgesics up 40 percent DENVER (Oct. 16, 2012) – A new study by the University of Colorado Denver reveals that today’s adolescents are abusing prescription pain medications like… Read More ›
As Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Mount, Researchers Outline Effective Approaches to Curb Epidemic: Kills MoreThan Heroin and Cocaine combined
Sep 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — Prescription painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. And while most states have programs to curb abuse and addiction, a new report from Brandeis University… Read More ›
Fake drug sales are increasing on the Internet and turning up in legitimate supply chains
Major review contains wealth of international facts and figures Criminal gangs are increasingly using the internet to market life-threatening counterfeit medicines and some have even turned up in legitimate outlets such as pharmacies, according to a review led by Dr… Read More ›