Missouri Last in Nation on Monitoring Prescription Drug Abuse

Missouri last in nation on monitoring prescription drug abuse

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In Missouri, drug seekers can doctor shop for prescriptions and take them to multiple pharmacies in order to sustain their addiction. Electronic databases used in other states help doctors, pharmacists, and law enforcement keep track of patient …
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Supreme Court refuses case involving doctor who stole pain meds

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The Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit today against Ohio State University Medical Center in a case involving a doctor who siphoned morphine from a patient's pain pump to feed his own drug addiction. … “The Wagners offer nothing but …
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Children illegally using prescription drugs in UAE

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Awareness about the dangers of drugs needs to be improved in schools to help combat the problem, said Col Al Owais. “Every time you ask if they have any drug use in their school they refuse the notion,” he said. “But our research shows there is a problem.
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