Senate Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse – the Hill (Blog)
Senate tackles prescription drug abuse – The Hill (blog)
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Senate tackles prescription drug abuse
The Hill (blog) The Senate Health Committee is forming a working group to tackle the rising rates of prescription drug abuse, in the face of complaints about a recently approved painkiller that many say is highly addictive and easily abused. Senate Health, Employment … |
Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse – Lincolnshire Review
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Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
Lincolnshire Review Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance … 4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America |
Cromwell 5th-graders take drug abuse lessons to heart at DARE graduation – Middletown Press
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Cromwell 5th-graders take drug abuse lessons to heart at DARE graduation
Middletown Press Begun in the 1980s as a program to teach children about the risk of illegal drugs, Drug Abuse Resistance Education has evolved over the decades. Its focus has expanded to include drugs, alcohol, smoking and bullying. In Cromwell, for the past two years … |
Dabbing Hysteria Exposed: Drug–Abuse Educator Slams ABC 15 for …
Anti-drug educator Shane Watson often thinks about his appearance in a viral ABC 15 news story about the "threat" of dabbing. "It's not an exaggeration to say that for a short period of time, it ruined my life," says Watson, who works for the local …
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Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers' prenatal drug use
A bill to allow criminal assault charges against women whose infants suffer harm from their mothers' prenatal drug abuse may soon be on the books in Tennessee. House Bill 1295 now awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The measure would …
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Teen substance abuse is the new 'normal,' school counselor says
Citing statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse — which surveys students in grades 8, 10 and 12 annually — Lechner said alcohol use has decreased 10 to 15 percent since 2003, while pot-smoking has increased 200 percent. Many parents also …
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