Archive for the ‘Drug Abuse Statistics’ Category

Report: Many Factors Stoke Heroin, Opiate Addiction Crisis in New Jersey – NorthJersey.com

Report: many factors stoke heroin, opiate addiction crisis in New Jersey – NorthJersey.com


WLWT Cincinnati

Report: many factors stoke heroin, opiate addiction crisis in New Jersey
NorthJersey.com
The Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse is meeting this morning to receive the 88-page report, the result of months of public hearings, testimony, and official review. But it remains to be seen which, if any, of the report's many
Deal With the Pain That Leads to the ProblemNew York Times
New Jersey's heroin crisis: State report calls for major reformsThe Star-Ledger
Marchione named to Senate task force on heroin, opioid addictionTroy Record
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Colts Owner Jim Irsay Likely Won't Face Jail Time if Found Guilty, Legal

Colts owner Jim Irsay likely won't face jail time if found guilty, legal
… but they were not associated with any prescription bottles found in the vehicle. Schedule IV drugs, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration website, have low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence. Examples include Xanax, Soma …
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Nearly half of identity thefts involve medical data
If an impostor uses your insurance to gain access to health care, it can also affect your own ability to access care: many insurance plans have yearly caps on certain types of care — and no insurance company is going to pay for “one person” to have an …
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Drug Abuse: Education Is the Key

Drug abuse: Education is the key
Heroin and methamphetamine remain the two most commonly abused drugs in Singapore. Together, heroin and methamphetamine abusers make up around 93% of all abusers arrested. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Tighter drug testing proposed for those on public assistance
BATON ROUGE — A Terrebonne Parish lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would require recipients of unemployment benefits to pass a drug test and increase penalties for welfare recipients who fail such tests. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Documents Show Irsay Battled Rx Drug Abuse for Decades – WISH

Documents show Irsay battled Rx drug abuse for decades – WISH


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Documents show Irsay battled Rx drug abuse for decades
WISH
Linton said prescription drug abuse has grown quickly in Indiana, outpacing national rates, and has reached across all gender, race and income barriers. “Addiction knows no bounds. It's non-discriminatory. It can affect a seemingly well put together
Prescription drug abuse an all-too-familiar storyIndianapolis Star
Kravitz: Jim Irsay is fighting for his life, he needs helpUSA TODAY
Irsay's arrest is the latest glimpse at his battle with addictionMuncie Star Press
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Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse – New York Times


New York Times

Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse
New York Times
As even quaint New England towns deal with desperate residents chasing their next hit of heroin, pain killers or other hard drugs, and with overdose deaths increasing, officials trying to stem drug abuse have begun to focus more on treatment, rather

Kravitz: Jim Irsay Is Fighting for His Life, He Needs Help – USA TODAY

Kravitz: Jim Irsay is fighting for his life, he needs help – USA TODAY


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Kravitz: Jim Irsay is fighting for his life, he needs help
USA TODAY
In a twisted way, Jim Irsay's friends have been praying for this day. They've been praying for the day when he'd reach rock bottom and be forced to come to terms with a drug problem that he's battled for some time. "He's a sick, sick man,'' one source
Irsay's arrest is the latest glimpse at his battle with addictionIndianapolis Star
Indianapolis Colts owner faces DWI, felony drug chargesLas Vegas Review-Journal
Source describes Jim Irsay as “a sick, sick man”NBCSports.com
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Letter: Substance abuse treatment programs need funding – Juneau Empire (subscription)

'The Guy Is the Real Thing'

'The guy is the real thing'
After quitting drinking, he was driving home one day in 2011 when he suddenly began drowning in a wave of memories, which rushed in, bubbling and swirling, to fill the hole. “I was all alone, and the first memory of the sexual abuse came back, and it …
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Texans Attack 'Muslim Weather'
I wonder if in the same vein of changing “french fries" to “freedom fries,” these Arab haters will now call alcohol, “Texas juice” or rename algebra to, “that thing I failed in school.” Thankfully …. “So as both – as the United States, Canada, the …
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TED's next chapter is Vancouver's
Beyond the move to Canada, it is marking its 30th anniversary of offering up short talks (not speeches), in a now-familiar format: no podium, headset mic, sharp-casual-dressed genius doing the stage walk, while the well-heeled crowd expresses quiet …
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