2012 Documentary Release – “Prescription Drug Epidemic: A Coalition’s Journey”

2012 Documentary Release – “Prescription Drug Epidemic: A Coalition’s Journey” – Documentary on a rural communities experience with the enormous surge in prescription drug deaths in Southwest Virginia. Appalachian Substance Abuse Coalitio…

Methadone Deaths Tied to For-Profit Clinics Prompt Bills

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Many of the legislative proposals are misguided and pose a threat to methadone treatment, which is already rigidly regulated and has been used effectively to treat drug addiction for decades, said Mark Parrino, president of the American Association for …
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Important Holiday Safety Message About Drugs

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Another way to look at this horrifying, and preventable, statistic is that every 8 minutes another child is being treated for medicine poisoning. It's frightening to think that the chances of a child experiencing a drug overdose from the nonmedical use …
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