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1) Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force

Publisher

[Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force]

Pub. Date

[2007]

2) Take meds seriously

Publisher

Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

Pub. Date

2013-

Description

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The abuse of prescription medicine is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, particularly among teens. Nearly 224,000 Coloradans misuse prescription drugs each year. Links to information on safe use, safe storage, and safe disposal of prescription medicine.

3) Prescription drug abuse in Colorado, facts

Publisher

Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health

Pub. Date

2014.

4) Colorado plan to reduce prescription drug abuse

Publisher

Office of the Governor

Pub. Date

2013.

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The abuse of prescription drugs is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, particularly among adolescents. Colorado ranks second worst among all states for prescription drug misuse. More than 255,000 Coloradans misuse prescription drugs, and deaths involving the use of opioids nearly quadrupled between 2000 and 2011.

5) 1997 sunset review, regulation of medication administration by unlicensed persons

Author

Colorado. Department of Regulatory Agencies. Office of Policy and Research

Publisher

Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Office of Policy and Research

Pub. Date

[1997]

6) Report to the General Assembly: Medication Administration Program, Department of Health

Publisher

Colorado Department of Health, [Health Facilities Division]

Pub. Date

1993.

7) Colorado prescription drug profile

Publisher

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion Branch

Pub. Date

2017.

Description

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This profile summarizes controlled substance prescriptions that Colorado residents received from 2014-2016, prescribing practices and patient behaviors, population-level health care encounters and deaths related to opioid overdose among Colorado residents. This information is from several sources: The Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), emergency department visit and hospital discharge databases and death certificates.