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Grassley Worries About High Rates of Teen Pot Smoking; Raps Obama’s Drug Policies – DesMoinesRegister.com (Blog)
Grassley worries about high rates of teen pot smoking; raps Obama’s drug policies – DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
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Grassley worries about high rates of teen pot smoking; raps Obama's drug policies
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog) The 2013 survey shows high rates of marijuana use in this age group, as well as an increase in the number of students who do not view regular marijuana use as harmful. It also shows decreases in the abuse of pain relievers and synthetic drugs. Marijuana. More teens think pot is safe, alcohol and drug use down, survey finds Fewer teens trying synthetic drugs, more think marijuana use is OK: study Federal study showing increased teen pot use rekindles legalization debate in … |
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ACP Issues Wake-up Call on Prescription Drug Abuse – Medscape
Real Solutions to Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse, Diversion at the …
Real Solutions to Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse, Diversion at the …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared prescription drug abuse a national epidemic that costs 20,000 lives and $ 72 billion dollars a year. In addition, the CDC finds that the rate of prescription drug overdose deaths has more than …
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Lessons Learned From Combating Tobacco Abuse – Gregory N. Connolly, DMD, MPH, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health Mini-Summit Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome: Prevention,…
Operation UNITE Drug Prevention Program 'on the Move' in Eastern Ky.
Operation UNITE drug prevention program 'On the Move' in Eastern Ky.
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – Some students at Johnson Central spent Thursday learning about drug prevention outside of the classroom. The new program offered by Operation UNITE aims to educate students while also collecting data so they can focus on …
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Drug sniffing dogs led through Lacey High School in drug–prevention effort
LACEY — Authorities led drug-sniffing dogs through the corridors of an Ocean County high school. Today's search of Lacey High School is part of Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato's efforts to curb drug addiction. There have been 104 drug overdose …
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Is anastrozole the new breast cancer prevention miracle drug?
The researchers who conducted the double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled drug trial said the drug anastrozole may be a new option for breast cancer prevention for some women. "The results shown here are as good as we could have hoped for," said …
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Hennepin County Officials Offer Tips on Teen Drug Abuse Prevention
Hennepin County officials offer tips on teen drug abuse prevention
Mother recounts son’s downward spiral to untimely drug death BY SUE WEBBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Andrew Scheig was born April 7, 1993. He graduated from Maple Grove High School’s alternative program in 2011. On March 5, 2013, his mother found him dead in bed, the result of an unintentional overdose of heroin at the age […] The post Hennepin County officials offer tips on teen drug abuse … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Ameritox Webinars to Help Educate Physicians on New Indiana Prescription Drug Mandates
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — AmeritoxSM announced today that it is sponsoring a series of webinars aimed at educating Indiana physicians about a new set of laws intended to curb prescription drug misuse and abuse. In 2010, 711 people in Indiana died from accidental drug overdoses, and nationally the Centers for Disease Control have deemed prescription painkiller abuse an "epidemic … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Abuse, Drug Use Punctuated Strachan’s Childhood, Jury Told
Abuse, drug use punctuated Strachan’s childhood, jury told
Trying to spare 30-year-old Bruce Strachan from Death Row, his attorneys on Tuesday began calling witnesses who offered disturbing accounts of his impoverished, violent and drug-pocked childhood. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Learn about drug and alcohol abuse in Sharon
The Sharon Education Foundation and Sharon High School have teamed up to provide a year-long program designed to help educate parents, teachers, students and the community at large about the epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse in and around Sharon. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Doctors Group Backs Tougher Rules Targeting Prescription Drug Abuse
Drug overdoses kill more Americans than car accidents on highways, the CDC says. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Coastal Horizons, Hospital Developing Program for Mental Health Patients
Coastal Horizons, hospital developing program for mental health patients
The group is charged with identifying solutions to reduce the number of emergency department visits by people with mental health and substance abuse issues, as well as the recidivism rate from repeat emergency department visitors. As well, they are …
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Ocean County Drug Overdose Death Toll Reaches 102
… “We're here to find solutions.” This is the third town hall meeting the task force has held at Preferred Behavioral Health in Lakewood where medical professionals, substance abuse counselors, and representatives of the Ocean County Prosecutor's …
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Students Host Roundtable on CMC's Campus Climate
Organizers hoped the discussion would inform leaders, both students and administrators, of problems with and solutions to the current campus climate, as well as allow students to author solutions to ameliorate issues with CMC's social culture …
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