Avera Medical Minute AMcK: Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Published February 2, 2014

Avera Medical Minute AMcK: Prescription drug abuse on the rise
"I think there's been a bona fide and concerted effort throughout the country to try to wrap our heads and hands around what's going on and slow things down." Said Craig Kindrat, a chemical dependency counselor with Avera McKennan. … Recovery from …
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Separate fact from fiction about pain medication and addiction
I couldn't possibly get addicted. Thinking this way is dangerous. Even if you start taking a prescription pain medication for a legitimate reason, you run the risk of addiction. This has nothing to do with moral character and everything to do with the …
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RIA helps shatter myths about prescription, OTC drugs
National Drug Facts Week aims to “Shatter the Myths” teens may hold about drug use and abuse — and research by scientists at UB's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) supports that message. Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), …
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