Posts Tagged ‘drug abuse’
Number of Navajo Homicides Tops Some Metro Areas
Number of Navajo homicides tops some metro areas
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — New FBI statistics show the vast Navajo Nation saw a sharp increase in the murder rate in 2013 and finished the year with 42 homicides, eclipsing major metropolitan areas with less space and far more people, such as Seattle and Boston. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Experts Warn Date Rape Drug Still Available On Utah Streets
(KUTV) A Cottonwood Heights party that was almost deadly on Sunday is raising concerns about a drug that hasn't been widely abused in more than a decade. Police found three young adults at the Pinnacle Highland apartment complex in critical condition after overdosing on GHB, commonly known as the "date rape" drug. … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
State Officials Unhappy With Proposed Switch in Drug Abuse Office – vtdigger.org
State officials unhappy with proposed switch in drug abuse office – vtdigger.org
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State officials unhappy with proposed switch in drug abuse office
vtdigger.org The Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, known as ADAP, works with the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) to run the state's new hub and spoke substance abuse treatment and recovery system, which officials say is extremely successful … |
Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO] – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
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Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO]
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio The report also recommends “updating school curricula, school-based peer-to-peer programs, prescription drug abuse recognition and reporting protocols for educators.” Gray said expanding the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program is also … |
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
Paroled ‘Sopranos’ Actor Discusses Drug Addiction – ABC News
Paroled ‘Sopranos’ Actor Discusses Drug Addiction – ABC News
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Paroled 'Sopranos' Actor Discusses Drug Addiction
ABC News "Here I am, I get the opportunity, I get the shot and then squander it, and do what I did, and get addicted to drugs and just make horrible decisions," the 37-year-old Brancato said in an interview broadcast Sunday on WNYM-AM. He was paroled in … Lillo Brancato discusses the dangers of drug addiction Ex-'Sopranos' actor Lillo Brancato Jr. talks drug addiction |
What’s best for babies born to drug-addicted mothers? – The Tennessean
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What's best for babies born to drug–addicted mothers?
The Tennessean The nation is watching Tennessee for new legislation that would allow women to be criminally charged if they use drugs during pregnancy that harm their newborns. State and national groups have asked Gov. Bill Haslam to veto the bill before Tuesday, … Petition seeks Haslam's veto of prenatal drug use bill Clock ticking for Haslam to sign bill criminalizing pregnant drug use |
Pair Opens 'recovery-based' Center to Treat Addictions
Pair opens 'recovery-based' center to treat addictions
"We call it recovery-based," said Bierman, meaning that detoxification is part of the treatment. "I see other treatment centers, especially with opiate addicts, use replacement medication, also known as medication management, where they substitute …
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Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic, and a national drug survey showed that one-third of people aged 12 and older who used drugs for the first time began by using a prescription drug …
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Garfield Co. Group Gets Grant to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse – Enid News & Eagle
Garfield Co. group gets grant to combat prescription drug abuse – Enid News & Eagle
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Garfield Co. group gets grant to combat prescription drug abuse
Enid News & Eagle “Being certified as a CHIO brings more attention and increased capacity to our community's efforts to decrease prescription drug abuse,” said Sean Byrne, executive director of PreventionWorkz. “This is a problem that has reached epidemic proportions … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs … AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how … AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day |
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic … |