As prescription drug abuse ... opportunity that is taken to divert drugs is the period between when a nurse or provider acquires the medicine until the treatment is either administered or destroyed.

Use of heroin and other opiates continued a significant upward trend in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area in 2009, according to the latest Drug Trends Report for 2009 released by the Minnesota ...

It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs. It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

Misuse of prescribed stimulants, tranquilizers, and pain relievers by 18- to 49-year-olds was twice that of those without ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

After a 15-year lull, abuse of prescription narcotic ... of the country to divert prescription drugs into the illicit market. As in the past, adequate treatment of intractable pain is again ...

Among the findings in the report: * Treatment admissions for heroin ... Cities and other parts of Minnesota the abuse of heroin and prescription drugs is a problem of growing magnitude and concern ...