Sheriff Targets Drug Abuse – Morganton News Herald

Sheriff targets drug abuse – Morganton News Herald

Sheriff targets drug abuse
Morganton News Herald
Having worked in law enforcement since the age of 20, Burke County Sheriff Steve Whisenant has seen many crime trends in his career. Of those trends, perhaps none have reached the epidemic level that substance abuse has in Burke County.

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Heather Yakin: Database a step in taking action to curb drug abuse – Times Herald-Record

Heather Yakin: Database a step in taking action to curb drug abuse
Times Herald-Record
New York's new tool to combat prescription drug abuse, the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing, has been in operation since August, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that it's going gangbusters. I-STOP, as the database is more 

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SALINE: First meeting for drug abuse task force to be scheduled soon
Others serving on the task force will include: Joel Benedeck, school social worker; Therese Doud, substance abuse coordinator for Washtenaw County Health; Trudy Driscoll, resident and former school board president; Ken Gilmore, senior pastor at …
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Drug Counselor Who Drove With Man in Windshield Guilty of Murder
A former substance abuse counselor was found guilty Tuesday of murder, DUI and other charges in a case that began in 2012, when she drove for for 2 miles with a dying 31-year-old man stuck in her windshield. Sherri Lynn Wilkins was charged with murder …
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In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem. “I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed – there is no …
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