{"id":115,"date":"2013-06-24T08:18:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.nkdsf.org\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2021-07-16T03:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T03:28:31","slug":"drug-diversion-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/drug-diversion-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"\nNationwide, prescription drugs make up nearly 30% of all drug trafficking cases. One in four teenagers have abused prescription drugs, due to prescription drugs being perceived as \u201csafer\u201d than street drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pharmaceutical diversion is the \u201cdiversion\u201d of prescription drugs from their intended purpose. Diverted prescription drugs are often abused or sold for money. Most commonly, prescription drugs are obtained illegally through prescription fraud or \u201cdoctor shopping\u201d, where a patient visits multiple physicians for the purpose of obtaining multiple prescriptions of pain killers. The medications most commonly obtained through diversion are prescription pain medications containing Oxycodone or Hydrocodone. NKDSF investigators work closely with doctors and pharmacists to investigate the illegal diversion of prescription medications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nationwide, prescription drugs make up nearly 30% of all drug trafficking cases. One in four teenagers have abused prescription drugs, due to prescription drugs being perceived as \u201csafer\u201d than street drugs. Pharmaceutical diversion is the \u201cdiversion\u201d of prescription drugs from their intended purpose. Diverted prescription drugs are often abused or sold for money. Most commonly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"![\"Drug](\"http:\/\/www.fostertechgroup.com\/nkdsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Drug-Diversion-236x300.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n\r\nNationwide, prescription drugs make up nearly 30% of all drug trafficking cases.\u00a0 One in four teenagers have abused prescription drugs, due to prescription drugs being perceived as \u201csafer\u201d than street drugs.\r\n\r\nPharmaceutical diversion is the \u201cdiversion\u201d of prescription drugs from their intended purpose.\u00a0 Diverted prescription drugs are often abused or sold for money.\u00a0 Most commonly, prescription drugs are obtained illegally through prescription fraud or \u201cdoctor shopping\u201d, where a patient visits multiple physicians for the purpose of obtaining multiple prescriptions of pain killers.\u00a0 The medications most commonly obtained through diversion are prescription pain medications containing Oxycodone or Hydrocodone.\u00a0 NKDSF investigators work closely with doctors and pharmacists to investigate the illegal diversion of prescription medications.\r\n\r\nAgent Helton is currently the Diversion Investigator.","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>\r\n\r\nNationwide, prescription drugs make up nearly 30% of all drug trafficking cases.\u00a0 One in four teenagers have abused prescription drugs, due to prescription drugs being perceived as \u201csafer\u201d than street drugs.\r\n\r\nPharmaceutical diversion is the \u201cdiversion\u201d of prescription drugs from their intended purpose.\u00a0 Diverted prescription drugs are often abused or sold for money.\u00a0 Most commonly, prescription drugs are obtained illegally through prescription fraud or \u201cdoctor shopping\u201d, where a patient visits multiple physicians for the purpose of obtaining multiple prescriptions of pain killers.\u00a0 The medications most commonly obtained through diversion are prescription pain medications containing Oxycodone or Hydrocodone.\u00a0 NKDSF investigators work closely with doctors and pharmacists to investigate the illegal diversion of prescription medications.\r\n\r\nAgent Helton is currently the Diversion Investigator.","_et_gb_content_width":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkdsf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}