Prescription Drug Abuse Hotline (855) YES-REHAB

Prescription Drug Abuse Hotline (855) YES-REHAB – Overcoming drug addiction and co-occurring disorders can seem like an unobtainable dream, and most people feel burdened and doomed. However, there is help fo…

Opinion: Medicine cabinet is key in preventing addiction

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The startling reality is that the vast majority of these people became addicts right here in our suburban neighborhoods by taking prescription painkillers lawfully prescribed by physicians, long before ever considering taking that ride to a Camden drug …
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Missoula County sees uptick in child abuse, neglect cases

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And in Missoula specifically, the community is experiencing an increase in prescription drug abuse and methamphetamine use, which leads to increased incidents of neglect, she said. ***. Kelli Sather is a public defender who represents the primary …
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PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION RETURN PROGRAM: Police departments across …

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Now, helping to reduce the problem and possibly keep some young people from ever getting hooked on opiates and other narcotics is as close as your local police station. Plymouth County law enforcements officials gathered in Plymouth this week to roll …
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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise, Iowa Teen Shares Her Struggle

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The program, called Iowa Medicine TLC (Talk, Lock, Connect), is an effort by the Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center to get parents and their kids talking about abuse and misuse of prescription medication. 17 year-old Erbes says her first time …
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