Traumas Can Lead to Drug Abuse – Huntington Herald Dispatch

Traumas can lead to drug abuse – Huntington Herald Dispatch

Traumas can lead to drug abuse
Huntington Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — Nobody wakes up and says, "My goal is to get addicted to drugs or alcohol today," said Karen Yost, president and CEO of Prestera Center. Substance abuse is an extremely complex issue with a variety of different beginnings for different 

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Identify your role in battle against drug abuse – Montrose Daily Press

Identify your role in battle against drug abuse
Montrose Daily Press
The move from abusing prescribed opiates to heroin is very easy. The high is the same and the drug cartels have done what any good business does: play down the harm of the product, make it cheap and easily available, and target it to script drug users
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NC Attorney General announces student contest to combat prescription drug
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the N.C. Department of Justice. “Prescription drugs can be even …
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Reporter's Notebook: Governor hopeful Avellone focusing on drugabuse crisis
Joe Avellone, a former healthcare executive and one of the five Democrats running for governor, toured the Dimock Community Health Center in Roxbury on Wednesday and highlighted his ideas on how to slow the state's mounting substance abuse crisis.
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West Salem High School students urged to break silence on drug abuse
Ron Putnam, whose 21-year-old daughter died of an accidental heroin overdose two years ago, urged West Salem High School students Thursday to speak up if they suspect their peers are abusing drugs. “I know you all think you're young and strong and …
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