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    Program Description Overview The United States is currently undergoing a deadly epidemic, prescription pain killers are taking more lives than motor vehicle accidents, more than cocaine and heroin combined, they are creating an addiction that seems to be growing out of control and law and health officials do not know how to control it. Since 1990 drug overdose rates have tripled in the United States, accounting for nearly 15,000 deaths alone in 2008 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

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    Vitamin R, and roses? There is no question we have heard some of these words. Yet, what is unexpected is they are all code words used by teens for prescription drugs per the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens (2016). Prescription drug abuse among teens has rapidly increased, and has become a public health concern. Teens who are abusing prescription drugs are at higher risk for other abusive problems (Milner, Ham, & Zamboanga, 2014.) With many other issues going on in today’s world, there…

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    Prescription Drug Abuse

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    Prescription drug abuse is the use of a medication used in a way not intended by a doctor. Prescription drug abuse is a major problem around the world. Prescription drugs is the most commonly abused substance by Americans age 14 and older. Girls and boys tend to use drugs in different ways. “Boys tend to use it just to get high, and girls use it mainly to stay alert or lose weight” (Brown). Research conducts that boys are more likely to abuse prescription drugs than girls. Everyday in the US,…

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    With her release of Silent Spring in the early 1960’s, Rachel Carson sparked a great national environmental movement. In her book, Carson released her findings on the detrimental effects of the chemical dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). At the time, DDT was believed to be the answer to insect problems in the United States and was used extensively. However, Carson explains DDT reaches species not targeted by the chemical and hurts the environment as a whole. Rachel Carson proves, through a…

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    Benefits Of Arthritis

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    HOW TO MASTER YOUR ARTHRITIS : DO 'S AND DONT" Arthritis can be very limiting , but it doesn 't have to rule your life. Your target should be "Take control of your pain ,so it doesn 't control you. Arthritis It is not true that nothing can be done with pain of arthritis, but it is also true that there is no magic potion that will work immediately. Treatment will take time in this condition. DO 'S • whatever your condition , you 'll have an easier staying ahead of your…

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    Tanner Leary Ms. Maggert English III 13 December 2016 Prescription Drug Use Prescription drugs are a tricky subject to make claims about. While they help so many people they also have a negative effect on many people. Many people have been affected by drugs of many kinds but it is alarming when prescription drugs are a huge cause of why people overdose so easily and die because they are legal and so easy to get ahold of. They are bad because of the short term effects they have, the long term…

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    There are many different mental illnesses, and multiple different ways to treat them. Some of the well known treatments of mental illnesses are therapy, and an abundance of different prescription drugs. An alternative way to treat certain mental illnesses could be Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine is defined as “treatment which assists the body with pain minimisation, reduced stress and greater mobility providing the body with the opportunity to heal itself.”…

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    helping the sick, and thus more Americans today are pushing for centralized, government regulated healthcare. In Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko, the film clearly defines the major problems with America’s health system: the free-market system with prescription drugs, rising healthcare costs, and the many loopholes insurance companies can go through to deny Americans coverage. America is one of the only technologically advanced countries in the…

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    deceased had a primary care physician. However, Louis advised me that the deceased had not been to the doctor since 1999 because of her "fear of needles." Louise stated that the deceased had no known medical conditions, nor did the deceased take any prescription medications. The deceased only took over-the-counter vitamins. At approximately 13:46 hrs Rescue 40 Paramedic James Lavine pronounced Kusner as deceased. Reference Pasco County F.D. control #004259. Shortly after, Detective Russo…

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    Selling Prescriptions

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    you need to use in order to feel better. You then drive to your nearest pharmacy to redeem the prescription signed by the doctor. But the pharmacist refused to fill your prescription up. They might’ve said they didn’t want to due to religious and ethic matter. The next thought they might pop up is, “Isn’t this illegal?” you can't use you omlll what Surprisingly, this practice of not filling prescription is actually both illegal and legal. There’s a big controversy surrounding this matter. Many…

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