Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Safe disposal of medications helps combat prescription drug abuse

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Safe disposal of medications helps combat prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a concern nationally and in Sheboygan County. It is a community problem that affects all of us. You may be aware of the recent news regarding the heroin epidemic which is now a public health priority.
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Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are …
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Drug abuse
It is Friday after noon in Canada and I’m taking my lunch sitting beside my colleagues having a casual read of my favourite Greater Kashmir. The moment I turned the cover page and got a glance on the news item,” campaign against drug abuse …
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Report: Exchanges yield more specialty drug use
The nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager says that patients from the health care overhaul's new insurance exchanges have been more likely to use expensive specialty drugs for chronic conditions. Express Scripts said Wednesday that just over 1 …
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Community expresses concerns about drug abuse
The meeting gave community members an opportunity to discuss drug abuse concerns with DeWine and a panel of local experts. Local panel members included Michael Schoenhofer and Ed Monfort, of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of …
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