Posts Tagged ‘drug abuse statistics’
Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com
Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com
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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug …
TheAlternativePress.com WESTFIELD, NJ – Members of the regional board of health discussed restaurant inspections, posting vaccination rates at childcare centers, information for parents regarding prescription drug abuse and a resolution to ban smoking in parks and recreation … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Saltville Police offer drug take-back day – Southwest Virginia Today
Saltville Police offer drug take-back day
Southwest Virginia Today Hall noted that unused medicines that remain in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these … Coateville police want your (prescription) drugs |
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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com
Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com
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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug …
TheAlternativePress.com WESTFIELD, NJ – Members of the regional board of health discussed restaurant inspections, posting vaccination rates at childcare centers, information for parents regarding prescription drug abuse and a resolution to ban smoking in parks and recreation … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Saltville Police offer drug take-back day – Southwest Virginia Today
Saltville Police offer drug take-back day
Southwest Virginia Today Hall noted that unused medicines that remain in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these … Coateville police want your (prescription) drugs |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Authorities Clamoring for Up-to-Date OD Data
Authorities clamoring for up-to-date OD data
Local public health and police agencies across the state are fighting an epidemic of deadly heroin and opioid overdoses without any consistent recent data on drug deaths, relying largely on 3-year-old statistics on regional overdose fatalities provided by the state Department of Public Health. Dr. Barbara Ferrer of the Boston Public Health Commission said timely fatal drug overdose data is … Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Drug Abuse Community Forum – WIMA
Drug Abuse Community Forum – WIMA
Drug Abuse Community Forum
WIMA Lima, Ohio (WIMA) – With the State of Ohio facing a severe drug abuse problem when it comes to prescription drugs and Heroin use- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine hosted a drug abuse community forum on Tuesday. The Ohio Attorney General's Drug … Drug abuse forum scheduled in Lima today |
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Healthcare Reform Brings Expansion to Drug & Alcohol Treatment Industry – Insurance Journal
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Healthcare Reform Brings Expansion to Drug & Alcohol Treatment Industry
Insurance Journal Employment of substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors is also projected to grow by 31 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the average for all occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The forecasted growth is good … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Recent state statistics show an upward trend in heroin abuse in the state. A hit of heroin, a cheap alternative to expensive prescription drugs, can go for as little as $ 5 on the street. Certain prescription drugs can be priced somewhere in the … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs State Officials Promote National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day |
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Insurers prodded to cover early addiction services – Bennington Banner
Insurers prodded to cover early addiction services
Bennington Banner Preventing addiction is the cheapest and most effective way to curb drug abuse in Vermont, health officials say, but they are struggling with the fact that insurance doesn't cover those costs. Early screening – to catch drug dependence early — and … |
5 Things to Know About Heroin Use, Getting Help
5 things to know about heroin use, getting help
The number of past-year heroin users in the U.S. has risen from 373,000 in 2007 to 669,000 in 2012, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently described the problem as "an urgent and growing public health crisis," as he called for more first responders to carry an antidote that can reverse the effects … Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
On a beautiful Sunday last October, Detective Dan Douglas stood in a suburban Minnesota home and looked down at a lifeless 20-year-old – a needle mark in his arm, a syringe in his pocket. It didn't take long for Douglas to realize that the man, fresh out of treatment, was his second heroin overdose that day. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results