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Vermont Fights Drug Crimes With Treatment, Not Jail

Vermont fights drug crimes with treatment, not jail
Vermont State Police confiscated heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana during a 2011 traffic stop in Rutland. / Free Press file By the numbers Vermont lawmakers are poised to adopt sweeping standards for a statewide diversion program to get some offenders into drug treatment and out of the judicial system. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Sugar: Nature's Gift and Curse

Sugar: Nature's gift and curse
The human being's almost universal enjoyment and insatiable desire for sugar has virtually all of the hallmarks of a true addiction comparable to that associated with nicotine, caffeine, cocaine and the opioid drugs. I consider it to be the king of …
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Backers to Submit Petitions for Measure to Raise Damages in Medical
If the $ 250,000 limit had been adjusted for inflation since 1975 it would now be $ 1,090,989.78, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. The measure's provisions also include requiring hospitals to conduct random drug and alcohol testing of …
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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County 

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Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation – Fall River Herald News

Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation
Fall River Herald News
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 

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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County 

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Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation – Fall River Herald News

Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation
Fall River Herald News
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 

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Porter County Heroin Deaths Up but Suicides Down

Porter County heroin deaths up but suicides down
Murders were down, but motor vehicle fatalities were up. Those were some of the statistics from Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris's year-end report of deaths in the county for 2013. Of the 1,487 deaths in 2013, … While young people are told to avoid …
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Teens take a stand against violence
Called Love Bites, it's a prevention program for domestic and family violence and sexual assault, designed and run by the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN), and applauded by teachers, police and community workers …
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Motherhood: The Untold Story
Free-speech advocates who attacked the 1998 bill have long argued that privately used filtering software and parental supervision are more effective means to control adolescent behavior on the Internet. Indeed, all nine justices …. It found that …
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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County 

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HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH – GreaterKashmir.com

HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH
GreaterKashmir.com
"Conflict, high unemployment rate, relationship, peer pressures, family disputes, love breakups and death of loved ones and split families are main reasons behind addiction," he said. Head of Psychiatric unit, SHMS, Dr Arshid Hussain blamed easy

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7 New Jersey Counties With Highest Drug Abuse Rate – Patch.com