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Response to : STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse, Chronicle Herald

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Today in the Chronicle Herald there was an article titled :  STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse. While it is nice to see the prescription drug use epidemic acknowledged and reported on, there were some serious flaws in Dr. Gus Grants comments. First of all , saying the N.S. Prescription Monitoring… Continue reading Response to : STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse, Chronicle Herald

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Prescription Monitoring Is Not The Silver Bullet

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In the interview above you will hear Kevin Lynch explain to CBC Radio how the Nova Scotia RX Monitoring Program is referring cases to law enforcement , and getting their medical consultant to review prescribing trends that exceed recommended thresholds. Below are the statistics of how many times a year this is actually being done… Continue reading Prescription Monitoring Is Not The Silver Bullet

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Letter to the Minister of Education from a concerned parent regarding RX drug abuse education

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Original Letter: Sent: May-30-13 11:08 AM To: ‘educmin@gov.ns.ca‘; ‘ramonajennexmla@bellaliant.com‘ Subject: School curriculum Dear Mrs Jennex, I am writing you today with a plea of assistance in having the drug awareness curriculum to be changed by the start of the school year in 2013.  The current curriculum is outdated and not sufficient for today’s youth based… Continue reading Letter to the Minister of Education from a concerned parent regarding RX drug abuse education