PPT-309: Prescription Drug Abuse

Learning Objectives Participants will be able to Associate the history of prescription drug use in America with the current trend of prescription drug abuse Differentiate between the three most commonly abused types of prescription drugs. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health NSDUH show that nearly onethird of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the 57375rst time in 2009 began b Mohsen. . Saadat. , D.O., F.A.C.P. Medical Director. San Joaquin County, Correctional Health Care Facility. Disclosures. None. Three Focus areas. 1. Epidemic of Drug Abuse. 2. Medicat. i. on Abuse by Inmates, Psychotropic . There’s a lot of information out there about prescription drugs, and it can be tough to distinguish myths from facts. When it comes to drugs and drug abuse, it’s important to get the facts from reliable sources. In the Web Hunt below, discover facts about prescription drugs from the scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the leading supporter of research on drug abuse and addiction in. J. Patrick . Slifka. , LCSW & George Young, LCSW. Why We’re Here. Dealer out of Business?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb93lPJB8yw. Which is More Dangerous?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nCqak6mYQ. …an invisible epidemic. MPH 500. By Cyrina Allen. February . 24, 2014. Prescription Drug Abuse. Currently in the United States, is the fastest growing problem(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). Dan Stansell, Eli . Tafolla. , Sam . Westfahl. , Cameron Williams. Why . We Chose . this Topic. Stats. Utah Department of Public Safety. Utah Department of Public Safety. Drug Overdose Rates in the U.S. per state 2015 (deaths per 100,000 population) . Improving . Clinical Decision-Making and Supporting a Pharmacist’s Professional Judgment. Connor W Norwood, MHA. Assistant Director, Health Workforce Studies Program. Visiting Research Associate, Department of Family . October 28, 2015. An “epidemic of consequences” -. Drug overdose death rates continue to increase. NCHS Data Brief, December, 2011, . Updated with 2009 and 2010 mortality data. 2. Who is overdosing?. Learning Objectives. Participants will be able to:. Associate the history of prescription drug use in America with the current trend of prescription drug abuse;. Differentiate between the three most commonly abused types of prescription drugs; and. What All Nurses Must Know.. What you will Learn. The current dilemma: pain management vs. risk of substance misuse/abuse. Best practices for rational, transparent and risk managed opioid prescribing.. Gil Kerlikowske, . Director. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 2. ONDCP’s Authority. Established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Principal purpose: Establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the nation's drug control program. What is drug abuse from the directorThe nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem in this country Although most people take prescription medications responsibly medication not prescribed for you in a way other than prescribed for example taking too much or to get highWhen abused prescription drugs can be as dangerous as 147street148 drugs with similar e31ects % of US adults who say they have known someone in the past five years . who has abused prescription painkillers. The Boston Globe / Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Prescription Painkiller Abuse: United States Poll, April 2015.