03524nam  2200397 i 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020008004100037020002500078020002200103040003100125082001500156245002900171264010300200264001900303300005200322336002100374337002500395338002300420490004300443500001700486504005100503505100400554505114201558520012102700521001002821650003702831650003302868650002502901650002902926650002302955650003202978830004403010852001503054856005703069CCE17403549MnSgEFL20171019101405.0170919t20172017maua     b    001 0 eng d  a9781682174555 (pbk.)  a1682174557 (pbk.)  aMnSgEFLbengcMnSgEFLerda14a362.2921500aPrescription drug abuse. 1a[Ipswich, MA] :bEBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; aAmenia, NY :bGrey House Publishing,c[2017] 4ccopyright 2017  axiv, 215 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c28 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier1 aReference shelf ;vvolume 89, number 5  aH.W. Wilson.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aNational 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? -- 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 -- The Prescription Drug Business -- The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder.0 aWhen 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 -- 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 -- 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 Drug makers, Saying They Fueled Opioid Crisis -- Congress Probes West Virginia Opioid Shipments -- States Require Opioid Prescribers to Check for "Doctor Shopping" -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index.  aExplores different views on the causes of and potential solutions to the long-term risks of prescription drug abuse.2 a10-A. 0aMedication abusezUnited States. 0aOpioid abusezUnited States. 0aAmericansxDrug use. 7aMedication abuse.2sears 7aDrug abuse.2sears 7aAmericansxDrug use.2sears 0aReference shelf ;vvolume 89, number 5.1 h362.29 PRE40uhttp://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/RSOPDA