Experts Call for National Strategy to Fight Prescription Drug Addiction

Experts call for national strategy to fight prescription drug addiction
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TORONTO – Addiction experts are applauding new provincial restrictions on OxyContin and the drug replacing it, but say Canada needs a national strategy to tackle widespread abuse of prescription painkillers.
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Strategy on prescription drug addiction needed: experts
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Addiction experts are applauding new provincial restrictions on OxyContin and the drug replacing it, but say Canada needs a national strategy to tackle widespread abuse of prescription painkillers.
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DRUG ADDICTION: Doctors and Patients To Blame For Prescription Drug Addiction
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They're drug dealers that, every year, get thousands of people hooked on pills. But you won't find them in dark alleys or street corners. You find them in hospitals and pain management clinics. Dave is a drug addict. And he says his pusher–is his doctor. "They're down there at the pain management clinic just doling out heroin like it's nobody's business," Dave says, "You want to talk about the …
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