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  • Preventing prescription misuse, abuse

    Natasha Heimbigner|Updated Dec 16, 2011

    One person dies every 19 minutes, unintentionally, from prescription drug abuse. Another staggering statistic: one in five teens has abused prescription medications. Generation Rx, a group stemming from the American Public Health Association, is an initiative that has been put together to prevent the misuse and abuse of prescription medications. Generation Rx and Washington State University's School of Pharmacy have teamed up to do something about this growth epidemic. There will be a presentation about prescription...