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Prescription Medication Abuse and Treatment
News reports suggest that prescription medication abuse is among the country’s leading public health crises. National data indicate that in 2010, more than 7 million adults were current users of prescription medication including pain relievers, sedatives, and stimulants (CBHSQ, 2011). Among adults misusing prescription medication, more than 2 million meet the clinical criteria for dependence or abuse, read more...
Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use: What Public Health Can Do
Excessive alcohol use, including underage drinking and binge drinking (drinking 5 or more drinks during a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks during a single occasion for women), is responsible for 80,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost in the U.S. each year, and cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006 or about $1.90 per drink.
This powerful session of Public Health Grand Rounds explored the public health impact of excessive alcohol use and evidence-based strategies to prevent it, with specific attention to the role that state and local public health agencies play in addressing this important public health problem.
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