Sentences with phrase «fueled by prescription»

The increased adoption is driven, of course, by the nation's deepening opioid epidemic — a scourge fueled by prescription pain pill abuse and cheap heroin that resulted in 24,200 overdose deaths in 2013, up 315 % from 1999.

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The opioid crisis is fueled largely by young adults — the largest subset of prescription drug abusers in the population.

Taxpayers pick up the costs of social services, law enforcement and Medicaid linked to medication abuse, fueled by drug companies encouraging the prescription of painkillers.

The NHS budget will, as expected, rise above the rate of inflation from # 104bn this year to # 114bn by the end of the four - year spending period, and universal benefits for pensioners including free eye tests, prescription charges, bus passes, TV licences for the over-75s and winter fuel payments will be maintained.

ALBANY — New York officials have reached a deal on legislation to establish tighter online oversight of prescription drugs to help curb the black market fueled by painkiller addictions and doctor shopping.

By ignoring these realities, policy prescriptions calling for a reduction in fossil fuel use are found — on this basis alone — to be ill - advised.