Prescription drugs: impacts of misuse and accidental overdose in Mississippi

Prescription drugs: impacts of misuse and accidental overdose in Mississippi

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy)
Contributor(s):
Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body.
Publication:
Jackson, Mississippi, : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, September 2013
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Drug Overdose -- epidemiology
Drug Overdose -- prevention & control
Prescription Drug Misuse -- mortality
Prescription Drug Misuse -- prevention & control
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs -- legislation & jurisprudence
Prescription Drugs -- poisoning
Mississippi
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Nonmedical use of prescription drugs has been identified as a growing public health problem and increasingly common cause of accidental death. Drug overdose now kills more people than motor vehicle crashes in the United States. This brief highlights the impact of misuse and accidental overdose of prescription drugs in the state and outlines policy options to address the issue.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (8 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101722706 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722706