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04177aam a22003258i 4500 001 FB82B022EAB311EB95DB475F3FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210722010305 008 170907t20172017nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1682174557 020 $a 9781682174555 040 $a CtWfDGI $b eng $e rda $c CtWfDGI $d SKYRV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 245 00 $a Prescription drug abuse / $c [compiled by] H. W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services. 264 1 $a Amenia, NY : $b Grey House Publishing, $c [2017] 300 $a pages : $b illustrations ; $c cm. 440 4 $a The Reference Shelf ; $v v. 89, no. 5 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g 1: Pain and anxiety in America -- $t War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life? / $t Taking on the scourge of opioids / $r S.E. Smith. $t How prescription-drug abuse unleashed a heroin epidemic / $r Kevin D. Williamson -- $t The truth about prescription pills: one writer's story of anxiety and addiction / $r Kelley McMillan -- $t Almost half of all opioid misuse starts with a friend of family member's prescription / $r Roni Dengler -- $t Yes, benzos are bad for you / $r Allen Frances -- $t Casualties of the VA / $r David French -- $t War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life? / $r S.E. Smith. 505 00 $g 2: Drugs for young and old -- $t Risky alone, deadly together / $t Prescription drug abuse among older adults is harder to detect / $r Kimperly Kindy and Dan Keating. $t Old and overmedicated: the real drug problem in nursing homes / $r Ina Jaffe and Robert Benincasa -- $t Fatal friendships: what happens when women share drugs on Facebook / $r Jill DiDonato -- $t College students aren't the only ones abusing Adderall / $r Emma Pierson -- $t Smack epidemic / $r L. Jon Wertheim -- $t US child opioid overdoses increased over past two decades, research finds / $r Jessica Glenza -- $t The hefty price of "sturdy drug" misuse on college campuses / $r Linda Begdache -- $t Risky alone, deadly together / $r Kimperly Kindy and Dan Keating. 505 00 $g 3: Doctors, big pharma and the gateway to abuse -- $t Opioid Rx abuse probe sees a record 31 doctors hit with sanctions in New Jersey / $t The selling of Attention Deficit Disorder / $r Elizabeth Llorente. $t When the mailman unwittingly becomes a drug dealer / $r Arian Campo-Flores and Jon Kamp -- $t Alison's story: how $750,000 in drug "treatment" destroyed her life / $r Warren Richey -- $t Drug-company payments mirror doctors' brand-name prescribing / $r Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Mike Tigas -- $t Opioid Rx abuse probe sees a record 31 doctors hit with sanctions in New Jersey / $r Elizabeth Llorente. 505 00 $g 4: A search for solutions - treatment -- $t After medical marijuana legalized, Medicare prescriptions drop for many drugs / $t A primary care doctor delves into the opioid epidemic / $r Shefali Luthra. $t The doctors who started the opioid epidemic / $r Paul A. Offit -- Can we curb the opioid abuse epidemic by rethinking chronic pain? / $r Richard Gunderman -- $t The painkillers that could end the opioid crisis / $r Adam Piore -- $t How medical marijuana could help end the opioid epidemic / $r Eric Killelea -- $t What's really causing the prescription drug crisis? / $r Johann Hari -- $t After medical marijuana legalized, Medicare prescriptions drop for many drugs / $r Shefali Luthra. 505 00 $g Index. $t States require opioid prescribers to check for "doctor shopping" / $t Researchers use black-market drug website to guage public health / $r Christine Vestal -- $t Are pharmeceutical companies to blame for the opioid epidemic? / $r Alana Semuels -- $t Ohio sues five drugmakers, saying they fueled opioid crisis / $r Jeanne Whalen -- $t Congress probes West Virginia opioid shipments / $r Eric Eyre -- $t States require opioid prescribers to check for "doctor shopping" / $r Christine Vestal -- $g Bibliography -- $g Websites -- $g Index. 650 0 $a Medication abuse 650 0 $a Opioid abuse 650 0 $a Americans $x Drug use. 710 2 $a H.W. Wilson Company, $e compiler. 941 $a 1 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722054949.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB82B022EAB311EB95DB475F3FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search