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COMPLETE COVERAGE: National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit – WKYT

COMPLETE COVERAGE: National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit WKYT ATLANTA, Ga. (WYMT)- Below you will find complete coverage of the National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit. WYMT's Tanner Hesterberg and Matthew Rand are at the summit and will bring you coverage of the event.

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Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb … – The Macomb Daily

Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb … The Macomb Daily Fraser Public Safety Officer Renee Campion talks about items used to conceal drugs, such as this Miller beer can, and other items related to narcotics at “Community Drug Awareness Nigh” on April 14 at Fraser High School .(RAY SKOWRONEK/THE … and more »

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Commission would better address Louisiana's domestic violence problems …
East Baton Rouge Parish assistant district attorney and special prosecutor for domestic violence Melanie Fields said, "Typically in this state of Louisiana, homicides are either drug related or domestic related." Some of those facts, coupled … On a …
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Hometown News Calendar for Week of Apr 20, 2014
All proceeds from the event will help to fund the 110 Carranza Prom House, an alcohol- and drug-free post prom party. Seneca High School Cafeteria, 110 … Volunteers and workers needed to host a sex abuse awareness walkathon. 609-835-9064. SALES.
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Town, gown tackle alcohol, drug abuse
Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert, University of Idaho President Chuck Staben and other city, community and education leaders were on hand Tuesday for a town hall meeting at the Moscow 1912 Center to discuss alcohol and drug abuse among students and …
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Survey looks at substance abuse by Indian Valley students
While students of the Souderton Area School District and Christopher Dock Mennonite High School report an increasing number of positive influences in their lives and a high awareness of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse, a significant number still …
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Question by CAT: Which drugs is harder to come off Adderall or Benzos(xanax,ativan)?

Best answer:

Answer by Skee
I take both ativan and adderall for ADHD. Benzos and Stimulants are both very different drugs and have different “come off” feelings. Adderall is schedule 2, the benzos you listed are schedule 4. So the Feds think Adderall is significantly easier to abuse and poses a greater health risk. That’s a good start.

Personally: I wouldn’t want to “come off” of either. These drugs are prescribed for me to take daily as I have for the past 6 years.

Taking either regularly and then stopping will make “very bad things” happen. People will use words like “addiction” if you say it’s tough to quit. These are the same people who need to remember that nearly every anti-depressant (Prozac, etc) if suddenly quit being consumed cold turkey, suicide is not unheard of.    Read more...

Father says son abused over-the-counter medicine – A cough suppressant is being used by some young people to get high. A father whose son abuses the medicine wants it regulated like allergy medicine.

House panel hears marijuana legalization bill
A 2012 report by the state health department found that 26 percent of high school students use marijuana and that those who do are nearly five times more likely to abuse prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Several law enforcement officials …
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Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic
“One of the fastest growing populations for addicts in the opiate world is adults who have had surgeries, weren't recreational drug users, and now are breaking into their neighbor's house going through their medicine cabinets because they're desperate …
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New app hopes to help parents talk about drugs
The app, available for iPhone and Android users, gives parents a one-stop shop to communicate with their teens and pre-teens. It also offers the … "We do have a tab on the app that's called watch and it's signs and symptoms," said Moerdyke. "It's …
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'Perfect storm' leads to acts of mass violence
In a 2001 study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, researchers found that the 34 teenagers who had committed 27 mass murders between 1958 and the Columbine High School shootings of 1999 were all males …
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