Posts Tagged ‘drug overdoses’

Just Like Me – High School Drug Prevention Program


 

Just Like Me – high school drug prevention program – Just Like Me is a joint initiative with the Center for Creative Development and The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD). This inte…

 

Kasich launches youth drug abuse prevention program
The governor had two parents with him whose children died of drug overdoses. Those children, and many others, might be alive today if they had been reached by drug prevention programs, Kasich said. "What you can do is make a difference,'' Kasich said.
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TINA GUMMERSON: Drug prevention is working
I have been working in drug prevention for almost 10 years, and I can tell you that most people who work every day to prevent young people from using alcohol and other drugs aren't participants in some violent, armed conflict. They are men, women, and …
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Ohio Gov Asks Parents to Deliver Drug-Free Message – Cincinnati.com

Ohio gov asks parents to deliver drug-free message – Cincinnati.com

Ohio gov asks parents to deliver drug-free message
Cincinnati.com
COLUMBUS — Ohio's governor wants parents and adults to talk to children about the dangers of abusing drugs and other substances, as the state works to combat problems with prescription pain pills and heroin. Drug overdoses, spurred by increased use of 

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SALINE: City to Create Drug Abuse Task Force in Response to Heroin Overdoses

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

 

SALINE: City to Create Drug Abuse Task Force in Response to Heroin Overdoses

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

 

Top 17 Abused Prescription Drugs of 2013 – KBTX

Top 17 Abused Prescription Drugs of 2013 – KBTX

Top 17 Abused Prescription Drugs of 2013
KBTX
The CDC, according to the White House's website, classifies prescription drug abuse as an epidemic. Many young people who get involved with drugs start with prescription drugs, as they frequently view them as safer than illegal ones because they're 

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Prescription drug battle keeps POP coalition busy in 2013 – Cookeville Herald Citizen

Prescription drug battle keeps POP coalition busy in 2013
Cookeville Herald Citizen
That's the message Power of Putnam anti-drug coalition members have been trying to get out to the community over the past year regarding the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. “It's different from anything else we deal with because it's legal, 

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Death Rates Soar Among Women Using Prescription Drugs

Death rates soar among women using prescription drugs
Women throughout the nation are dying at an unprecedented rate from prescription drug overdoses. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results