Prescription drug abuse /

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Author / Creator:Estren, Mark J., author.
Imprint:Oakland, California : Ronin, 2013.
[Place of distribution not identified] : PGW/Perseus, [date of distribution not identified]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236027
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Other authors / contributors:Potter, Beverly A., editor.
ISBN:9781579511791
1579511791
9781579511685
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary: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 — and abuse skyrocketed as well. The grim headlines are all too familiar. Celebrities such as Whitney Houston die of overdoses. Teens mix legitimate medicines — and pay with their lives. Heavy-handed government attempts to crack down on pain and anxiety medications have terrori.
Other form:Print version: Estren, Mark J. Prescription drug abuse. Oakland, California : Ronin, ©2013 137 pages 9781579511685