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Police Officer: 'We See People Robbing Each Other to Get Pills'

Police officer: 'We see people robbing each other to get pills'
One of the largest prescription drug collection efforts in Billings netted nearly 600 pounds of expired drugs, and police expect another significant haul Saturday when residents are urged to turn over their unused drugs. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

1 in 3 Canadians suffered some form of child abuse
A new study says one in three adult Canadians suffered some form of child abuse in their past, adding this abuse is associated with a higher risk of mental health disorders later in life. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 


 

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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News

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

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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

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 …
8th National Drug Take-Back Day to be celebrated in Logan Co.The Logan Banner
Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse The Republic

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs cost our nation 428 billion dollars in related costs from crime, lost work, productivity and healthcare each year. In 2012 an estimated 23.1 million Americans needed treatment for a problem related to drugs or alcohol, but only 2.5 million received treatment. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Groups Urge Vermont Governor to Broaden Zohydro Rules

Groups Urge Vermont Governor To Broaden Zohydro Rules
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD) sent a letter to Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin urging him to use concerns over Zohydro ER, a new opioid pain medication, "as a lightning rod for change." The American… Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs cost our nation 428 billion dollars in related costs from crime, lost work, productivity and healthcare each year. In 2012 an estimated 23.1 million Americans needed treatment for a problem related to drugs or alcohol, but only 2.5 million received treatment. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Lucas County Commissioners, Other Officials Address Prescription Drug Abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse
Toledo Blade
In the United States more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs – more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to national health statistics compiled by county officials. Every day
Lucas County touts drug take back day, awareness for growing epidemicnorthwestohio.com

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems.

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Lucas County Commissioners, Other Officials Address Prescription Drug Abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse
Toledo Blade
In the United States more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs – more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to national health statistics compiled by county officials. Every day
Lucas County touts drug take back day, awareness for growing epidemicnorthwestohio.com

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems.

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