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SALINE: City to create drug abuse task force in response to heroin overdoses
SALINE — City officials are meeting the rising trend of heroin use head on after drug overdoses claimed three lives in 2013. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

South Brooklyn Community Organization Calls on Police to Carry Prescription … – BrooklyNews Corp

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South Brooklyn Community Organization Calls on Police to Carry Prescription … BrooklyNews Corp With the incidence of prescription drug abuse on the rise we cannot wait any longer for our officers to be issued Naloxone. Police officers are often the first emergency responders on the scene of a suspected prescription drug overdose. In such …

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Police: 2 dead in Eustis; overdose suspected
Two people were found dead at their Eustis home Saturday morning in what police suspect was a prescription-drug overdose. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Police: 2 dead in Eustis; overdose suspected
Two people were found dead at their Eustis home Saturday morning in what police suspect was a prescription-drug overdose.         Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Target root causes of crime – Lee
TAWAU: In the fight against crime, we must not only strengthen law enforcement and enhance police efficiency, but […] Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Tayside and Fife’s £8.5m cost of drink & drugs
Across Tayside and Fife in 2012/13, more than 2,300 people with drug and alcohol problems claimed £8.5 million in incapacity or disability benefits. Getty Images/iStockphoto Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

A chronology of those who died in 2013
— Chris Kelly, 34, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," in Atlanta of an apparent drug overdose. — Jeff Hanneman, 49, a founding member of heavy metal bank Slayer whose career was irrevocably changed after a spider bite, in Los Angeles of liver failure. — David Morse Kern, 103 an American who created Orajel, a … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

92 drug overdose deaths in Westmoreland shatter last year's record
“Part of the difficulty is it's a national and regional problem.” Most of the heroin deaths in Westmoreland claim younger adults, while overdoses from prescription drugs run the gamut, from ages 15 to 70, said county Detective Tony Marcocci. “You'll …
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Janneke Sobeck: Death and denial: substance abuse in Winona
The Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) is a coalition in its infancy, seeking widespread representation from various sectors of our community. Our alliance objectives are to prevent substance abuse among our youth and build …
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Death rates soar among women using prescription drugs
Deaths from opioid pain relievers increased fivefold between 1999 and 2010 for women. For men, the rate increased by 3.6 times. In 2010, some 943,365 women nationally visited an emergency room for drug misuse or abuse. The highest number of visits …
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