National Institute on Aging
Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drug Abuse: Older Adults
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2014 Persons aged 65 years and older comprise only 13 percent of the population, yet account for more than one-third of total outpatient spending on prescription medications in the United States. Older patients are more likely to be...
DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back
Drug Enforcement Administration, 2015 DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in every state but Pennsylvania and Delaware, where the event...
What’s the Prescription? Strategies and Interventions to Prevent the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2013 This is the second webinar in a two-part series that offers PFS II grantees a chance to explore current research on the non-medical use of prescription drugs, and implications for the implementation...
Beyond the Warning Label: Identifying and Prioritizing Risk and Protective Factors for Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2013 This is the first webinar in a two-part series that offers PFS II grantees an introduction to the process of identifying and prioritizing risk and protective factors that contribute to...
Prescription Drug Abuse and Misuse
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Prescription drug misuse and abuse is a complex problem, affecting individuals of all ages and in all communities across the country and its territories. Prescription drugs include pain relievers,...
Prescription Drug Abuse and Misuse
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMSHA) Prescription drug misuse and abuse is a complex problem, affecting individuals of all ages and in all communities across the country and its territories. Prescription drugs include pain relievers, tranquilizers,...
Prescription Drug Overdose
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, April 3rd 2015 Sometimes, the prescription becomes the problem. Each day, 44 people die from prescription opioid overdose. It’s time we all get involved. Challenge assumptions about prescription opioids, and patient...
Fentanyl blamed for most of R.I.’s 51 overdose deaths so far in 2015
The Providence Journal, March 17, 2015 Illicitly obtained drug accounts for 74% of fatalities, outstripping deaths from prescription painkillers. State health officials on reported that 51 people have died of accidental drug overdoses so far in 2015, with a majority...
DEA Issues Nationwide Alert on Fentanyl as Threat to Health and Public Safety
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), March 18, 2015 The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues/compounds. Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing...