Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse

Published February 5, 2014

Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse
Minister of Health, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, co-hosted a symposium in Toronto today, attended by over 40 people, including officials from different levels of government, doctors, pharmacists, First Nations representatives, law enforcement and …
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Acting to prevent pain drug abuse
Sometimes, the cost of paying for such drugs is covered by government programs such as workers' compensation. Abuse of pain pills has become such a problem in Ohio that the Bureau of Workers' Compensation has begun monitoring prescriptions for …
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Scutari must be high to recommend legalizing pot: Op-ed
It is interesting to note that legalization could be successful only with the appropriate government oversight. While the government has combated the drug problem on the one hand, with heroin now at the top of the list, it has helped to fuel the drug …
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Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis — Subcommittee on Health.

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