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Witte Museum, San Antonio--11 a.m. THURS. JUNE 23: 3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209 Media Invited to News Conference, Q&A with leaders, and follow-on lunch with attendees Will Discuss Huge Official Treatment Gap Numbers Not Widely Known, Exploding Prescription Drug Abuse, New FDA-Approved Science-based Treatment and Breakthroughs, Treatment Impact on Reducing Crime and Improving Lives, and New Tricare Help to Military Service Members Returning from Wars Abroad SAN ANTONIO, June 16,...

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association's (DATIA) Annual Conference at the Doral Resort and Spa, DATIA Chairman, Dr. David M. Martin, in his opening address predicted that a new wave of drug abuse would be hitting America. He cited a report that will be released this month in the Journal of Health Affairs of a seven-year study tracking broadband access and hospital admissions for substance abuse. The study reported that for...

Citing Narconon's forty years of success in creating drug-free lives, Narconon's President disagrees with drug treatment models that keep addicts taking drugs instead of supporting proven programs that result in sobriety. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 03, 2011 On Thursday, June 2, 2011, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a groundbreaking statement of recommendations on how the world's governments should reshape their anti-drug policies. The old pattern of a 'War on...

The Prescription Addiction Radio Show - Breaking the Silence will be delving into the following question Sunday night May 22nd: How has the "opium epidemic of the 21st century" and the marketing of legal narcotics courtesy of the FDA continued to proliferate with the silence from the media and medical establishment. Tampa/St Petersburg/Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) May 18, 2011 The Prescription Addiction Radio Show - Breaking the Silence will be delving into the following question...

Easy online availability of controlled drugs may contribute to soaring abuse levelsIncreasing access to rogue online pharmacies "“ those which dispense medications without a doctor's prescription "“ may be an important factor behind the rapid increase in the abuse of prescription drugs. In a report that was released today online by the journal Health Affairs and will also appear in its June edition, investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Southern...

HINSDALE, Ill., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Robert Crown Center for Health Education (RCC), in partnership with the Reed Hruby Foundation and the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, is developing one of the nation's first heroin education and prevention projects. The goal of the program is to stop the growing trend of heroin use and death. The Reed Hruby Heroin Prevention Project is made possible by a $340,000 gift from the Hruby family of Burr Ridge. This donation was made...

Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Takeback Event Yields 188 Tons of Medicine for Safe Disposal Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 06, 2011 Americans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event Saturday turned in more than 376,593 pounds (188 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,361 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states. This is 55 percent more than the...

Approximately 27,500 people died from unintentional drug overdoses in 2007, driven to a large extent by prescription opioid overdoses. This is 4.6 times as many deaths as all U.S. fatalities in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Unintentional overdose deaths in teens and adults have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. In some 20 states in 2007 the number of unintentional drug poisoning deaths exceeded either motor vehicle crashes or suicides, two...

PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a nationwide effort to clear homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs, Independence Blue Cross is supporting the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day taking place on Saturday, April 30. "At IBC, we focus on enhancing the health and wellness of the Philadelphia region, and so we are proud to be an advocate for responsible use and disposal of all prescription...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers (www.Flspmp.org) urges Government, Law Enforcement and the media to stop using false prescription drug data and statistics. The continued release of false and / or out of context information is solely intended to enflame the public. The misinformation that unfairly portrays Florida as ground zero in this issue has significant consequences for pain management patients and the physicians who...