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Study Shows Mass. Teen Drug Use Rate Is Higher Than National Average – Taunton Daily Gazette
Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average – Taunton Daily Gazette
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Taunton Daily Gazette The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently released, shows 12.3 percent of Massachusetts youth ages 12-17 reported using illicit drugs within a month before being surveyed. |
FDA should delay OK of new drug – The Courier-Journal
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FDA should delay OK of new drug
The Courier-Journal As Kentucky and many other states battle to get prescription pill abuse under control, a new pain-relief drug is about to hit the market that has alarmed medical and law enforcement officials because of its potential for abuse. The alarm is well-founded. Schumer Calls on HHS Secretary to Overturn Confounding FDA… Schumer seeks reversal of FDA approval of potent painkiller Zohydro Super-Pill Under Attack by Health Care Advocates |
Effective Treatment for Drug Abuse Builds Better Communities
Effective treatment for drug abuse builds better communities
Tony Lloyd was speaking ahead of a regional conference organised by DrugScope, the UK's leading charity that provides support to professionals who work in drug and alcohol treatment. Mr Lloyd will be on a panel of experts at the conference, which takes …
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Grant Hackett enters rehab: Australian swimmer seeks treatment for drug abuse …
It is the second time the swimmer has battled an addiction to the drug. In 2012, towards the end of his swimming career, he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph that he had a “heavy reliance” on the medication after first being given it by swimming officials.
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Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse
Doctors are teaming up with treatment centers to combat addiction and drug overdose deaths in Jackson County. Health care practitioners are also recognizing that they have started many patients on the road to addiction by prescribing opioid pain …
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PUBLIC SAFETY Heroin Use on Upswing, Chiefs Say
PUBLIC SAFETY Heroin use on upswing, chiefs say
Recent state efforts have focused on all opiate addiction prevention, since health care professionals and law enforcement have also noticed a recent upswing in prescription drug addiction. "An addict rarely, if ever, begins with heroin; it starts with …
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What can you do to prevent child abuse?
Other good support resources are Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana and the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline. • Use care when … Many people who physically abuse children have substance abuse issues. If you know or …
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RBR Panel Addresses Area's Heroin Epidemic
Dave Dolan, a recovering addict who is now a graduate student at Monmouth University, agreed with the medical professionals who described drug addiction as a chronic, relapse-prone illness just as diabetes and hypertension are. … Counselors …
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Doctors Continue Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse – Mail Tribune
Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse – Mail Tribune
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Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse
Mail Tribune Doctors are teaming up with treatment centers to combat addiction and drug overdose deaths in Jackson County. Health care practitioners are also recognizing that they have started many patients on the road to addiction by prescribing opioid pain … |
NH leaders say drug addiction is driving crime – Seacoastonline.com
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NH leaders say drug addiction is driving crime
Seacoastonline.com Public Safety Commissioner John Barthelmes on Friday told fellow members of the Governor's Commission on Alcohol Abuse, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment that 40 percent of the state's highway fatalities are linked to drug or alcohol abuse. He … |
Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation – Wicked Local Fall River
Study: Mass. Teen Drug Abuse Rate Higher Than Rest of Nation – Wicked Local Fall River
Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation – Wicked Local Fall River
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Study: Mass. teen drug abuse rate higher than rest of nation
Wicked Local Fall River Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Tri-County programs vs. substance abuse gain reaccreditation – The Tand D.com
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Tri-County programs vs. substance abuse gain reaccreditation
The Tand D.com The Tri-County Commission on Alcohol & Drug Abuse and its four programs have earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for all services by demonstrating compliance with national standards for health care quality and safety. |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
NYC Official: Hoffman Died From Toxic Mix of Drugs – Access North Georgia
NYC official: Hoffman died from toxic mix of drugs – Access North Georgia
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NYC official: Hoffman died from toxic mix of drugs
Access North Georgia NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman died from taking a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, the New York City medical examiner ruled Friday, a toxic mix that addiction specialists say is not uncommon in the tens of thousands of overdose … |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Health Care Advocates Protest FDA Approval of ‘Killer’ Pain Reliever – ABC News
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Health Care Advocates Protest FDA Approval of 'Killer' Pain Reliever
ABC News In December, 28 state attorneys general wrote to FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking her to reconsider the approval of the drug or to impose additional restrictions on it to deter drug abuse. “State attorneys general do not want a repeat of the … New Painkiller Draws Concern NC Attorney General concerned over new high-potency painkiller Berginski: Anti-Zohydro crowd may be right |