Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse

According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them and about 80 percent of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids. This is the leading cause of the U.S. opioid epidemic, affecting Americans of all ages.

Join us for this informative presentation given by the Texas Poison Center Network (TPCN) which provides free emergency treatment information to the citizens of Texas for poisonings or toxic exposures.