Dr. Wilson Compton Named Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Dr. Wilson Compton named Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
“In more than a decade as a Division Director here at NIDA, he has built a formidable team supporting research into the extent and causes of substance abuse, with a strong focus on tobacco, prescription and illicit drug abuse. His passion is unwavering …
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Take Back Day fights prescription drug abuse
An Iowa City police car is crammed with bags of brightly colored prescription drugs. The drugs were not confiscated but voluntarily given to help with what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “a national epidemic.” Iowa City police …
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Pain pills can be prescriptions for addiction, death
"The last 10 years, the number of people dying from narcotic overdose has tripled, and it now far surpasses overdoses due to heroin and cocaine," Naughton said. "The problem with this is that patients consider prescription narcotics to be safe medications.
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Macomb Leaders Discuss Growing Problem Of Prescription Drug Abuse
CLINTON TOWNSHIP (WWJ) – Health care professionals and community leaders met at the Clinton Township campus of Macomb County Community College on Friday to talk about what they say is a quickly growing problem of prescription drug abuse.
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