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Article: 'Prescription Drugs: Good Medicine - Bad Behavior;' Science Matters Program Explores the Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse Presented by the California Science Center
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 30, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Kristina Kurasz of the California Science Center, +1-
213-744-7446, kkurasz@cscmail.org
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California
Science Center's Science Mattersspeakers program will examine a
growing trend in substance abuse with "Prescription Drugs: Good
Medicine - Bad Behavior" on Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 1:00 pm
to 3:00 pm. Featured panelists will provide an overview of the
science behind addiction and treatment for this new trend. The
program will examine the rapid rise of this addiction, questioning
whether efforts to curtail the distribution of other illegal drugs
are one factor driving users to more easily accessible ...