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Study Shows Mass. Teen Drug Use Rate Is Higher Than National Average – Taunton Daily Gazette
Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average – Taunton Daily Gazette
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Taunton Daily Gazette Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Rural Ohio ravaged by drug deaths – Norwalk Reflector
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Rural Ohio ravaged by drug deaths
Norwalk Reflector By comparison, the state overdose death rate was about 15 per 100,000 residents in 2011. Experts say treatment and rehabilitation is the key to fighting the drug problem, but only about a half-dozen treatment centers in southwest Ohio offer opiate … A drug overdose solution, in reach Senate passes bill that would increase access to heroin overdose antidote Top Seven Crazy Myths About Drug Overdose Antidote, Naloxone |
Prosecutor: UCR Stats Don't Tell Full Story
Prosecutor: UCR stats don't tell full story
The 2013 Union County statistics show 192 overall incidents, 221 defendants, 574 counts and 51 people not yet charged. The top four category-specific offenses are: 126 sex offenses, 105 larceny-theft counts, 83 drug abuse violations and 63 burglary counts.
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The gateway drug label is dangerous
In addition, the 2013 Boynton Health Services survey shows that 23 percent of all tobacco users at the University have used other illegal drugs (not including marijuana) in the past year, compared to just 3.5 percent of non-tobacco users. Given …
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Study Shows Mass. Teen Drug Use Rate Is Higher Than National Average – Taunton Daily Gazette
Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average – Taunton Daily Gazette
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Taunton Daily Gazette Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Medication Education – The UCSD Guardian Online
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Medication Education
The UCSD Guardian Online As of now, the website targets college students, a group that has become increasingly susceptible to prescription drug abuse, as indicated by a skyrocketing in abuse statistics — a 343 percent increase in abuse of opioids like Vicodin and OxyContin … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Rural Ohio ravaged by drug deaths – Norwalk Reflector
Glitches Slow Health Care Sign-Ups
Glitches slow health care sign-ups
But statistics weren't available Monday, and Burton said it is too soon to tell how successful the efforts to sign up the so-called “young invincibles” have been. Though March 31 was the last day officially to sign up, … Domestic abuse. Website …
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Municipal Alliance wins Health Education Award at state meeting
The Bernards Township Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse's campaign, “It's 21 for a Reason” has won the Louise Chut Award for Program Excellence from the New Jersey Society for Public Health Education. NJSOPHE is a professional organization of …
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Study Shows Mass. Teen Drug Use Rate Is Higher Than National Average – Taunton Daily Gazette
Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average – Taunton Daily Gazette
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Taunton Daily Gazette Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Medication Education – The UCSD Guardian Online
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Medication Education
The UCSD Guardian Online In addition to statistics on prescription drug abuse, the website also features information on the interactions between various drugs and foods and how to understand drug facts labels. It links visitors to apps that can help them with managing pill … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Rural Ohio ravaged by drug deaths – Norwalk Reflector
Why Heroin Is Spreading in America's Suburbs
Why heroin is spreading in America's suburbs
The latest rise in heroin abuse was made more visible by the recent overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. But use of the drug has been growing steadily across many levels of society for at least the past five years. And unlike the heroin …
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Synthetic drugs: an uncontrolled health threat
These drugs are used too commonly by adolescents and young adults. A 2012 study completed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that 15 percent of adolescents had used some form of synthetic drugs in the past year and that these drugs were …
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Solutions to drug problem elusive, Manchin hears
MADISON — There were more concerns than answers Friday when U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Circuit … The state's junior senator offered five points to those in attendance as ways the battle against drug abuse can be fought. Thompson hosted the …
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