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Author: Yearwood, Doug

Title: Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion: The Hidden Crisis

Summary: This report addresses public concerns about increased misuse, abuse and illegal diversion of licit or prescription medications in North Carolina. The study indicates that prescription drug abuse and diversion is a prominent and preeminent issue facing North Carolina’s medical and law enforcement organizations and personnel. Ninety percent of the law enforcement respondents reported an increase in abuse and diversion over the past five years, with the typical agency investigating 51 prescription drug cases per year or 356 per year on a per capita basis. This case investigation rate exceeds the reported crime rates for all of the violent Part I Uniform Crime Report categories.

Details: Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission, Criminal Justice Analysis Center, 2011. 22p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 20, 2012 at: http://www.ncgccd.org/pdfs/pubs/drugdiversion.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: United States

URL: http://www.ncgccd.org/pdfs/pubs/drugdiversion.pdf

Shelf Number: 123686

Keywords:
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Drug Enforcement
Drug Offenders
Prescription Drug Abuse (North Carolina)
Prescription Fraud