Vermont Faces Opiate Drug Abuse Crisis
Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis
About 4,000 Vermonters are in drug treatment for opiates, such as Oxycontin and heroin … says she’s now clean and working at the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. “In my addiction, I kept so many secrets, and I don’t have to do that anymore,” she says.
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Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a national epidemic. The use of controlled substances has increased dramatically, with prescriptions for opioids jumping more than 300 percent between 1999 and 2010. Overdose deaths increased from 4,000 annually to 16,600 …
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What Teens Need to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
National Drug Facts Week was created for teens in 2010 by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, to help shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. In 2014, the awareness week runs from January 27th to …
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Drug abuse program Jan. 28 at MVC
There will be a program, open to the public, Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Missouri Valley College on the topic of drug abuse, primarily meth, but also addiction to prescription medication. There are two identical sessions, one at 3 p.m. and one at 7 p.m. in …
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Heroin epidemic eclipses prescription drug abuse in Front Royal
Heroin replaced abuse of prescription pills as the most serious drug problem confronting law enforcement in Front Royal, according to figures from 2013 released by the office of Police Chief Norman Shiflett. Shiflett reported the Northwest Regional …
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