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Help stop teen prescription drug abuse – Muscatine Journal

Help stop teen prescription drug abuse Muscatine Journal Did you know more Americans now die from drug overdoses than car crashes? It is a startling and deadly statistic. Of these deaths, 60 percent were due to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs—making them more deadly than illicit drugs like …

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Lamar Odom to Return to the Clippers Court: Source
Odom, 34, has been trying to get his life back on track since news of his drug addiction broke over the summer and he was arrested for DUI in August. "He has a great support system. It's all up to him at this point. He's the one who can seriously f …
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Signs that Arlington man killed family, self
Police found his green Honda Accord at Break Heart Reservation in Saugus, in another suicide attempt by drug overdose, according to an Arlington police report and court records. Jones was again admitted to the hospital and then released. A mailman …
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Teens and prescription drugs – Great Falls Tribune

Teens and prescription drugs Great Falls Tribune Teens also can gain access to narcotics and other prescription drugs without a prescription via the Internet. The Internet literally has become an open medicine cabinet with cyber drug dealers illegally trafficking many narcotics, amphetamines and … and more »

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DEA finds growing prescription drug abuse – McClatchy Washington Bureau

DEA finds growing prescription drug abuse McClatchy Washington Bureau Michael Doyle McClatchy_Newspapers. Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print. Signs at a Fed Up! Rally for a Federal Response to the Opioid Epidemic, against prescription drug overdoses and addiction in Washington D.C.. TISH WELLS — … DEA: Prescription pill, heroin, meth use dangerously risingKPHO Phoenix DEA: Drug use on the riseKFOX El Paso all 10 news articles »

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Question by steven200719: In college why do they do drugs, when they learned to say no in school?
I’m a 19 year old boy in college and I see people doing drugs sometimes. When I was in Middle and High School, I learned and was taught to say “No” to dugs and I do and I still do. So, why does college kids still do drugs. I mean, people have asked me if I want to try and I just said no, and I don’t want to die. And, like if any teachers saw like can they get in trouble for it and like go to jail?
One other question, like what is the main purpose of “high school”?? Is it like for the kids to get “high” , cause it is the name, is it not?

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Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer Randall C. Flager Comments On Pennsylvania Drug Overdose Death Statistics
Study finds Philadelphia to have an above average drug overdose death rate, which raises concerns about the safety of consumers, says Randall Flager of Flager & Associates, PC. (PRWeb November 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/dangerous-medications/attorneys-pa/prweb11295131.htm Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

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Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., a nationally known expert on the causes and prevention of drug abuse, has been appointed the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA,) part of the National Institutes of Health. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Wyoming County included in federal Appalachia HIDTA
PINEVILLE — Wyoming County law enforcement agencies received another tool in the ongoing effort to break the deadly grip of illegal drug abuse with the announcement on Thursday that the county has been included as part of the 15 counties in West Virginia in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Drug Overdoses Are Killing More Rural Americans Than Ever [MAPS]
Over the past few decades, the rate of people dying by drug overdose in the U.S. has risen dramatically. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...