Vermont Faces Opiate Drug Abuse Crisis

Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis
MONTPELIER, Vt. –Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie Montagne grew up in St. Albans, Vt., the picture of an all-American girl. But behind the smiles, from the age of 17, she hid a drug addiction. Montagne says that at first, she smoked marijuana. Asked what …
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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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Efforts underway to fight epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse
Every day, 45 Americans die from an overdose of prescription pain medication. Prescription drug abuse now ranks as the fastest growing drug problem in the United States. More people die from prescription drug overdoses than from traffic-related deaths …
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Drug Abuse Community Forum in Zanesville set for Jan. 28
28. Published: January 27, 2014 3:42PM. (ZANESVILLE, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be in Zanesville tomorrow to host the fifth of several community forums to be held across the state to examine drug abuse in Ohio. The public is …
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Meeting targets prescription drug abuse
COLUMBUS — Polk County community leaders will come together today to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, addiction to pain medication and unintentional drug overdose. The dinner meeting will take place starting at 5:30 p.m. at the …
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