The Newest War on Drugs. Elizabeth Querna.
by Querna, Elizabeth; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 67Health. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Analgesics | Medication abuse | Narcotics -- Control of | Prescription drugsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "When Anne's grandmother was hospitalized two years ago [2003] with chest pains, she couldn't remember what medications she was on. So doctors sent Anne to the woman's home in eastern Washington State to look in her cabinets. What they found shocked both the family and the doctors. In the basement, the woman had several copies of the Physician's Desk Reference, scales for weighing pills, and a cupboard chock-full of both prescription and over-the-counter medications. All in all, doctors told the family later, she had 11 types of prescription medications, including at least 400 Valium pills. Her medications, doctors said, would probably fetch about $15,000 on the street." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the increasing abuse of prescription drugs by people of all ages and describes the challenges that agencies, experts, and policymakers face in "fighting the war on prescription drugs."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Newest War on Drugs, Feb. 21, 2005; pp. n.p..
"When Anne's grandmother was hospitalized two years ago [2003] with chest pains, she couldn't remember what medications she was on. So doctors sent Anne to the woman's home in eastern Washington State to look in her cabinets. What they found shocked both the family and the doctors. In the basement, the woman had several copies of the Physician's Desk Reference, scales for weighing pills, and a cupboard chock-full of both prescription and over-the-counter medications. All in all, doctors told the family later, she had 11 types of prescription medications, including at least 400 Valium pills. Her medications, doctors said, would probably fetch about $15,000 on the street." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article discusses the increasing abuse of prescription drugs by people of all ages and describes the challenges that agencies, experts, and policymakers face in "fighting the war on prescription drugs."
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