Drug Abuse

Essay: We Must Address Prescription Painkiller Addiction
Prescription opioid abuse is the fastest growing drug addiction in the country today. In 2010, there were enough painkiller prescriptions written to medicate every American around the clock for a month. Think about that. We could medicate every …
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'I Am A Human Being, Just Like You': Stories By Boston's Homeless Come To …
She felt the stories her students were putting on paper were so powerful that they had stage potential. One man, for instance, wrote about his spiral into substance abuse. “It was a very private piece, actually,” she recalls. “He said, 'I have a piece …
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Elisha D.A.R.E Speech – Elisha’s essay on Drug Abuse Resistance Education was the best in her class.