Oxy Task Force

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San Diego Rx Abuse Task Force The Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force is a multi-agency group created to address prescription drug abuse in San Diego County. Goal: Reduce access and motivation to use prescription drugs in ways other than prescribed through policy, education, health and

: Rx Drug Summit Addresses Rise in Overdose Deaths

Prescription drug summit addresses rise in overdose deaths - SignOnSanDiego.com San Diego County held a summit Friday to address the rising number of overdose deaths. In the county, prescription drug deaths rose by 60 percent from 2005 to 2009, according to data from the Medical Examiner’s Office.

New York Times: Washington State Moves to Tighten Controls on Pain Killers

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/business/29pain.html

NCT Letter to the Editor: NCT Needs to do Some Homework

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Sacrament Bee: Teens, Young Adults Abuse OxyContin in Northern California (Great, comprehensive story)

Teens, young adults abuse OxyContin in Northern California - Medical News - sacbee.com OxyContin, a highly addictive narcotic that doctors prescribe to treat chronic pain, has hooked the %22Just Say No%22 generation. It has become a party drug favored by young, often middle-class people, and the trend is exploding in Northern California.

NCT Letters to the Editor: Prevention is the Goal & What Was Reason for Oxy Story

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NCT Letters to the Editor: Time to Pull Our Heads Out of the Sand

LETTERS: NCT, July 25, 2010 Boxer only wants to tax us

NCT Editorial: Drug abuse? Don't Skip Older Folks

EDITORIAL: Drug abuse? Don't skip older folks County officials are right to be concerned about what they perceive to be an increased abuse of the dangerously addictive

NCT: Overstating the Oxycodone Problem

EXCLUSIVE: Overstating the oxycodone problem For nearly two years, the county's top leaders ---- the sheriff, the district attorney, supervisors ---- have declared abuse of

NBC/ Cox 4's Corrie Vaus: Tear-Jerking Interviews with Parents working with the Oxy Task Force

Oxycontin Tragic Legacy Parents' bond is Oxycontin and its devastating impact on their children's lives, linked reports Channel 4 San Diego.

"Oxy Abuse Kills" PSAs Take Home 5 Emmys Saturday! View the "Oxy Abuse Kills" PSA's “Loaded” (http://bit.ly/1GcYtZ) and “Flashes” (http://bit.ly/4eKBC7). See the list of 2010 Emmy Recipients:http://www.nataspsw.org/Emmy2010Recipients.pdf

PSA - Oxycontin "Loaded" San Diego County launched a multi-agency Oxycontin task force.PSA #1 "Loaded"

San Diego County's First Permanent Prescription Drug Drop-Off Program Approved Today by San Diego County Board of Supervisors!