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The Reference Shelf: Prescription Drug Abuse

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Pain and Anxiety in America




National Disorder: Treating Chronic Conditions




Taking On the Scourge of Opioids




How Prescription-Drug Abuse Unleashed a Heroin Epidemic




The Truth about Prescription Pills: One Writer’s Story of Anxiety and Addiction




Almost Half of All Opioid Misuse Starts with a Friend or Family Member’s Prescription




Yes, Benzos Are Bad for You




Casualties of the VA




War on Prescription Drugs: What If You Depend on Opioids to Live a Decent Life?




2 Drugs for Young and Old




Spectrum of Risk




Prescription Drug Abuse among Older Adults Is Harder to Detect




Old and Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem in Nursing Homes




Fatal Friendships: What Happens When Women Share Drugs on Facebook




College Students Aren’t the Only Ones Abusing Adderall




Smack Epidemic




US Child Opioid Overdoses Increased over Past Two Decades, Research Finds




The Hefty Price of “Study Drug” Misuse on College Campuses




Risky Alone, Deadly Together




3 Doctors, Big Pharma and the Gateway to Abuse




The Prescription Drug Business




The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder




When the Mailman Unwittingly Becomes a Drug Dealer




Alison’s Story: How $750,000 in Drug “Treatment” Destroyed Her Life




Drug-Company Payments Mirror Doctors’ Brand-Name Prescribing




Opioid Rx Abuse Probe Sees a Record 31 Doctors Hit with Sanctions in New Jersey




4 A Search for Solutions—Treatment




Treatment and Wellness




A Primary Care Doctor Delves into the Opioid Epidemic




The Doctors Who Started the Opioid Epidemic




Can We Curb the Opioid Abuse Epidemic by Rethinking Chronic Pain?




The Painkillers That Could End the Opioid Crisis




How Medical Marijuana Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic




What’s Really Causing the Prescription Drug Crisis?




After Medical Marijuana Legalized, Medicare Prescriptions Drop For Many Drugs




5 A Search for Solutions—Policy




The Policy Approach: Restricting Supply and Legalizing Treatment




Researchers Use Black-Market Drug Website to Gauge Public Health




Are Pharmaceutical Companies to Blame for the Opioid Epidemic?




Ohio Sues Five Drugmakers, Saying They Fueled Opioid Crisis




Congress Probes West Virginia Opioid Shipments




States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for “Doctor Shopping”




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