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

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 …

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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
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Medication Education – The UCSD Guardian Online

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

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Prescription drug registry would help cut deaths from abuse: As I See It – The Patriot-News

Prescription drug registry would help cut deaths from abuse: As I See It
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Abuse of prescription drugs has fueled the biggest drug epidemic in Pennsylvania history. This is not news, however. We have known this for several years. According to the Health Department's Bureau of Health Statistics and Research, approximately 2000 …
ACLU blasts bill that would allow prosecutors to raid digital medicine cabinetsPocono Record

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Oklahoma Prosecutor Puts Drug Abuse Video Online – Public Radio Tulsa


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Oklahoma Prosecutor Puts Drug Abuse Video Online
Public Radio Tulsa
CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — A prosecutor in northeastern Oklahoma is making available online a video that highlights trends in student drug and alcohol abuse. District Attorney Janice Steidley says the video is for anyone who wants to use it to raise …

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