Prescription drug abuse / [compiled by] H. W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services.
Record details
- ISBN: 1682174549
- ISBN: 9781682174548
- ISBN: 9781682174555
- ISBN: 1682174557
- ISBN: 9781682174500
- ISBN: 1682174506
- Physical Description: xiv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2017.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1: Pain and anxiety in America -- National disorder: treating chronic conditions -- Taking on the scourge of opioids / Sally Satel -- How prescription-drug abuse unleashed a heroin epidemic / Kevin D. Williamson -- The truth about prescription pills: one writer's story of anxiety and addiction / Kelley McMillan -- Almost half of all opioid misuse starts with a friend of family member's prescription / Roni Dengler -- Yes, benzos are bad for you / Allen Frances -- Casualties of the VA / David French -- War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life? / S.E. Smith. 2: Drugs for young and old -- Spectrum of risk -- Prescription drug abuse among older adults is harder to detect / Constance Gustke -- Old and overmedicated: the real drug problem in nursing homes / Ina Jaffe and Robert Benincasa -- Fatal friendships: what happens when women share drugs on Facebook / Jill DiDonato -- College students aren't the only ones abusing Adderall / Emma Pierson -- Smack epidemic / L. Jon Wertheim -- US child opioid overdoses increased over past two decades, research finds / Jessica Glenza -- The hefty price of "study drug" misuse on college campuses / Linda Begdache -- Risky alone, deadly together / Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating. 3: Doctors, big pharma and the gateway to abuse -- The prescription drug business -- The selling of Attention Deficit Disorder / Alan Schwarz -- When the mailman unwittingly becomes a drug dealer / Arian Campo-Flores and Jon Kamp -- Alison's story: how $750,000 in drug "treatment" destroyed her life / Warren Richey -- Drug-company payments mirror doctors' brand-name prescribing / Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Mike Tigas -- Opioid Rx abuse probe sees a record 31 doctors hit with sanctions in New Jersey / Elizabeth Llorente. 4: A search for solutions - treatment -- Treatment and wellness -- A primary care doctor delves into the opioid epidemic / Monique Tello -- The doctors who started the opioid epidemic / Paul A. Offit -- Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain? / Richard Gunderman -- The painkillers that could end the opioid crisis / Adam Piore -- How medical marijuana could help end the opioid epidemic / Eric Killelea -- What's really causing the prescription drug crisis? / Johann Hari -- After medical marijuana legalized, Medicare prescriptions drop for many drugs / Shefali Luthra. 5: A search for solutions - policy -- The policy approach: restricting supply and legalizing treatment -- Researchers use black-market drug website to gauge public health / Felice J. Freyer -- Are pharmaceutical companies to blame for the opioid epidemic? / Alana Semuels -- Ohio sues five drugmakers, saying they fueled opioid crisis / Jeanne Whalen -- Congress probes West Virginia opioid shipments / Eric Eyre -- States require opioid prescribers to check for "doctor shopping" / Christine Vestal -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index. |
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Subject: | Medication abuse > United States. Opioid abuse > United States. Drug abuse > United States. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | 362.299 PRE (Text) | 34025138868846 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |