Task Force Combats Prescription Drug Abuse

Task force combats prescription drug abuse
Modeled in part after other states' plans to deal with prescription drug abuse, the toolkit offers guidelines for treating chronic pain and tactics for preventing abuse. “It's important to have a consistent message at all access points,” Bentler said …
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Holder Alters Drug Charge Guidelines
Federal officials attribute part of that increase to mandatory minimum sentences for drugs, including marijuana, under legislation passed in the 1980s. Under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, for example, a minimum sentence of five years without parole …
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Program launched to track drug abuse in Georgia
The director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency says a new database is expected to help doctors and law enforcement keep tabs on prescription drug abuse. The Prescription … Please only flag comments that violate these guidelines. You should …
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