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Drug Tests Don’t Deter Drug Use, but School Environment Might – NPR (Blog)

Drug Tests Don’t Deter Drug Use, But School Environment Might – NPR (blog)


NPR (blog)

Drug Tests Don't Deter Drug Use, But School Environment Might
NPR (blog)
Schools that do random drug testing say it helps students say no to illegal drugs, while critics say it's an invasion of privacy. But feeling good about school may affect students' drug use more than the threat of testing. A survey of high school

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Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Health Matters tackles mental health, drug abuse – The Desert Sun


Monsters and Critics.com

Health Matters tackles mental health, drug abuse
The Desert Sun
A panel discusses prescription drug abuse during the Mental Health and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention panel during the 2014 Health Matters Conference held by the Clinton Foundation on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at La Quinta Resort & Club.
mtvU, Macklemore & More to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse on College Broadway World
In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My version of health care reformBethany Beach Wave
Macklemore Wants You to Pop Some Tags, Not Your Nana's PillsMonsters and Critics.com

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In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My Version of Health Care Reform – Bethany Beach Wave

In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My version of health care reform – Bethany Beach Wave

In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My version of health care reform
Bethany Beach Wave
Even if you are fortunate enough to be untouched personally by prescription drug abuse, you pay for it every day with your taxes, your health insurance premiums and your payroll. You pay to the tune of $ 122 billion annually, according to the Substance

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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My Version of Health Care Reform – Bethany Beach Wave

In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My version of health care reform – Bethany Beach Wave

In Their Own Words: Melissa Batie Johnson: My version of health care reform
Bethany Beach Wave
Even if you are fortunate enough to be untouched personally by prescription drug abuse, you pay for it every day with your taxes, your health insurance premiums and your payroll. You pay to the tune of $ 122 billion annually, according to the Substance

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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Alcohol and Abuse Website Launch: 2 Free E-Books for Recove


 

Alcohol and Abuse Website Launch: 2 Free E-Books for Recove – http://alcoholandabuse.com – Home of the 3 Minute Alcohol and Abuse Daily News Review – Whether you work in the field, personally struggle with alcohol or ad…

 

Mum who drank 24 cans and seven pints a day begs to die at home – aged just 35
Her frail body destroyed by years of alcohol abuse, dying Beverley Pickorer lies trapped in her care home bed, unable to move at the age of just 35. The jaundiced mum-of-four has cirrhosis of the liver, rotten teeth and cannot speak or feed herself …
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Vermont Department of Health encouraging providers to screen for alcohol abuse
BURLINGTON – Only 9 percent of Vermont adults in the past year were asked by a doctor, nurse or health care professional about their alcohol use. This is far less than the national average of one in six reported in January 2014 by the Centers for …
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Aetna Helps Members Fight Prescription Drug Abuse – Business Wire (Press Release)

Aetna Helps Members Fight Prescription Drug Abuse – Business Wire (press release)

Aetna Helps Members Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
Business Wire (press release)
HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abuse of prescription painkillers, known as opioids, is a widespread and growing problem in the United States. The epidemic adds billions of dollars to health care, work place and criminal justice costs each year.

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Woes of Heroin Abuse Are Widespread – Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Woes of heroin abuse are widespread – Barre Montpelier Times Argus


WHAS 11.com (subscription)

Woes of heroin abuse are widespread
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Statistics from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration rank Vermont at the top for the abuse of nonmedical use of pain relievers and illicit drug use other than marijuana — which includes heroin — for people ages 18 to 25.
Vermont governor declares new 'War on Drugs,' but pumps up old bureaucracyWatchdog.org
Scourge of heroin abuse in Vermont mirrors national epidemicWHAS 11.com (subscription)
Shumlin to make 'opiate epidemic' theme of State of the StateMountaintimes

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Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Shumlin highlights woes of heroin abuse – BurlingtonFreePress.com

Shumlin highlights woes of heroin abuse
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Statistics from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration rank Vermont in the top categories for the abuse of non-medical use of pain relievers and illicit drug use other than marijuana — which includes heroin — for people