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Experts: Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming Big Problem in Lincoln County
Experts: Prescription drug abuse becoming big problem in Lincoln County
(KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According to recent statistics, the number of drug overdoses per capita tripled in Missouri between 1999 and 2010. Only six other states have more overdoses … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Georgia wages war against prescription drug abuse
CBS46 investigates how Georgia is fighting the war on prescription drugs and if the state is winning. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
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
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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
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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. Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
Can You Die From Only Taking Prescrption Drugs?
Can You Die From Only Taking Prescrption Drugs? – Jan C. Garavaglia, M.D., (aka “Dr. G”), chief medical examiner for the District Nine (Orange-Osceola) Medical Examiner’s Office in Florida answers questions …
Parents Urged To Be Vigilant in Battle Against Addiction
The pain and suffering addiction to heroin and other narcotics can cause a family was brought home Tuesday night when survivors of Gabriel Phillippe, a 15-year-old Center Moriches boy who died of a drug overdose four years ago to the day, took part in …
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Lindy Students Say No to Drugs and Yes to Life
Students of Lindenhurst Middle School explored the real dangers and personal destruction caused by drug abuse when they heard from police officer and Lindenhurst graduate Mike Zotto (Class of 1984) during a drug awareness program at their school.
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Wife: Slipknot Bassist’s Final Days Blur of Drug Abuse – USA TODAY
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … Paul Gray's widow details his dark descent into drug addiction Paul Gray spent final weeks in 'blur' of drugs and Slipknot bandmates did not … Slipknot's Paul Gray Spent Final Days In A “Blur” Of Drugs |
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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
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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 epidemic |
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse 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. |