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DID YOU KNOW... There are as many new abusers of prescription drugs, age 12 to 17,as there are of marijuana?! Every day 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time. ...
Posted on 2/4/13 at 11:30 AM
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NORTH DAKOTA Save money with generic prescription drugs
A trip to the doctor can be costly, but you can save money by using generic prescription drugs. So, what do you think of using generics to save money? https://www.bcbsnd.com/blueinsight/2012/02/15/h...
Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:38 PM
HEALTHBEAT Taking our medicine
Apparently even the promise of no co-payments isn't enough to entice some patients to take their medication. For those who missed it yesterday, a new study reported that when a group of heart attack ...
Posted on 11/15/11 at 11:52 AM
Drop-box pulls in 12 pounds of prescriptions 
In less than a week, about 12 pounds of prescription drugs have found their way into a drop-box in the lobby of the Grand Forks Police Department, according to the North Dakota attorney general’s office.
December 17, 2009
Frustrated Dorgan denounces competing amendment, which also fails
The Senate rejected a plan Tuesday to allow Americans to import low-cost prescriptions from abroad, handing drug makers a victory that may help secure passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
By Associated Press , December 16, 2009
Senate rejects Dorgan's prescription drug amendment on 51-48 vote
Prodded by President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats won tentative backing from one holdout and worked intensely to satisfy another Tuesday as they grappled with the last, lingering disputes blocking passage of health care legislation by Christmas.
By David Espo , December 15, 2009
Senate rejects Dorgan's prescription drug amendment
The U.S. Senate today rejected another attempt by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to allow Americans to buy cheaper drugs from other countries.
By Herald Staff Report , December 15, 2009
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AROUND ThE REGION: Man held in home invasion ... Minneapolis honors heroes ... FBI-Somalis hearing goes well ... more
A Minneapolis man is under arrest after a home invasion in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County sheriff’s office and the Fond du Lac Police Department were called to the robbery about 4:20 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses said a masked gunman entered the home and demanded prescription drugs
By Associated Press , December 14, 2009
Dorgan plan to offer Canadian prescription drugs hits snag
An amendment to the health-care reform bill currently before the U.S. Senate would have allowed the reimportation of American-manufactured prescription drugs back into the United States at far lower prices — most of them from Canada. But the amendment, spearheaded by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. — a longtime champion of the issue — is facing sudden obstacles from the Obama administration that could sound the death knell.
By Lee-Anne Goodman , December 09, 2009
Man arrested with 2,000 prescription drug tablets
A man wanted on a federal warrant from Michigan was arrested Friday on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in connection with possessing illegally more than 2,000 tablets of prescription drugs, reported the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office in Bemidji.
By Herald Staff Report , December 09, 2009
Drug-import backers worry Obama may scuttle plan
A long-running effort to allow the import of lower-cost prescription drugs faces a new twist — President Barack Obama’s administration is raising safety concerns that could effectively scuttle it, even though Obama backed the plan as a senator.
By Alan Fram , December 09, 2009
Parent says region youth prescription drug abuse rising
Young people are abusing prescription drugs with alarming frequency, sometimes during “pharm parties” where pills are set out like candy, a man whose son died of an overdose of painkillers told a conference Tuesday.
By Dale Wetzel , December 08, 2009
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Drugmakers, FDA move to curb painkiller abuse
Pharmaceutical executives laid out plans today to prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers, under pressure from regulators trying to stop hundreds of fatal overdoses each year.
By Matthew Perrone , December 04, 2009
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Ex-state employee pleads not guilty to drug charge
A former supervisor at the Northeast Human Service Center in Grand Forks accused of forging prescriptions to get painkillers entered not guilty pleas on two drug-related charges Monday.
November 09, 2009
OUR OPINION: The high cost of low-priced prescription drugs
The real key is not the high prices Americans pay. The real key is the low prices Europeans and Canadians pay.
The U.S. government should focus on persuading and/or pressuring other rich countries to relax their price controls and pay their fair share of drug costs.
November 02, 2009
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Investigators are slated to testify about the more than two years they spent exploring the maze of prescriptions in the drug overdose death of celebrity model Anna Nicole Smith.
By Associated Press , October 13, 2009
Bemidji woman, 28, pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in death of niece, 3
Keisha Marie Van Pelt, 28, of Bemidji, has changed her plea to guilty to felony criminal vehicular homicide or operating a vehicle with negligence under the influence of alcohol. District Judge Paul Benshoof set her next court date for Oct. 26.
By Bemidji Pioneer , September 26, 2009
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