Prescription drug abuse
By: Mark J. Estren ; Beverly A. Potter, editor
Contributors: Potter, Beverly A., editor
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781579511791; 9781579511685
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Social Services & Welfare; Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Drug abuse; Medication abuse; Public Policy
Description: Severe, chronic pain affects at least 116 million Americans every year. But there are fewer than 4,000 pain specialists in the United States, and many insurers won't cover physical therapy. But powerful pain medicines? They will certainly cover those. Prescriptions for powerful pain killers doubled between 1994 and 2008 &#x97; and abuse skyrocketed as well. The grim headlines are all too familiar. Celebrities such as Whitney Houston die of overdoses. Teens mix legitimate medicines &#x97; and pay with their lives. Heavy-handed government attempts to crack down on pain and anxiety medications have terrori.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Table of Contents; 1: The Depth of the Pain ; 2: Creating Homelessness; 3. Attack on Pseudoephedrine ; 4. Government on Opioids; 5. Government Responds; 6. Disposal & Enforcement ; 7. Victimizing the Victims ; 8. Washington State''s Rx; 9. Abuse Beyond Opioids; 10. Abuse Sneaks In ; 11. How Abuse Happens ; 12. Helping Without Guilt; 13. Love and Intervention ; Bibliography & References ; Author Bio.