Prescription drug abuse grows in U.S.
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More young U.S. adults are abusing prescription medications, particularly painkillers, according to the government's annual report on substance abuse released on Thursday.
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The number of prescriptions given to children under 16 for depression and mental health problems has quadrupled in 10 years.
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The number of drug related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.
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A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.
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Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Americans, long considered one of the  most medicated peoples in the world, are swallowing more pills  than ever, according to a report released on Thursday by the  U.S. government.
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The administration said in a report that legalizing imported prescription drugs would probably hurt the development of new drugs for Americans.
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Counterfeit prescription drugs are proliferating in Russia and elsewhere, according to the industry and the Food and Drug Administration.
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Fewer U.S. teens are using marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government survey.
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Illegal drug use in the United States has dropped sharply since 2001 but abuse of prescription drugs remains a problem, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said Friday.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Illegally selling prescription drugs over-the-counter is adding to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, according to a recent study.
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VANCOUVER - Consumers are paying too much for many prescription drugs because of federal government policies, says a report released on Monday by the Fraser Institute.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 1 (IPS) - A growing number of people are getting addicted to   tranquillisers and other prescription drugs, and this abuse is  set to  exceed illicit drug abuse, the International Narcotics  Control Board  (INCB) warns in a report published Thursday.
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The use of class a drug crystal meth in the UK is increasing, a new report has warned.
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Aug. 19, 2004 - As the price of prescription drugs rises each year, so does the need for them by Americans who rely on statins and other modern life-saving drugs to stay alive.
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Reports of dangerous side effects and deaths from widely used medicines almost tripled between 1998 and 2005, an analysis of U.S. drug data found.
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Between the controversy over drug reimportation and activism from a certain state&#39;s attorney general, it has been a nasty year for the pharmaceutical industry.