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2. Beers criteria - Wikipedia

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   The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings.

3. Drug education - Wikipedia

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   Drug education is the planned provision of information, guidelines, resources, and skills relevant to living in a world where psychoactive substances are widely available and commonly used for a variety of both medical and non-medical purposes, some of which may lead to harms such as overdose, injury, infectious disease (such as HIV or hepatitis C), or addiction.

4. Drug rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   It was reported in 2018 1.3 million drug addicts were treated in China's compulsory detox centers. [90] [91] Compulsory drug rehabilitation has a long history in China: The Mao Zedong government is credited with eradicating both consumption and production of opium during the 1950s using unrestrained repression and social reform.

5. How to Stop Prescription Drug Addiction in Older Adults

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   When thinking about prescription drug addiction, one might understandably and automatically picture a young adult. Previous research finds in 2016 about 1 in 3 seniors enrolled in a Medicare ...

6. Substance abuse prevention - Wikipedia

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   Rational scale to assess the harm of drugs. Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on the individual or their surroundings.

7. Substance use disorder - Wikipedia

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   "Substance use pertains to using select substances such as alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs, etc. that can cause dependence or harmful side effects."On the other hand, substance abuse is the use of drugs such as prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or alcohol for purposes other than what they are intended for or using them in excessive ...