Drug Abuse

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Local top cops contemplate solutions to heroin surge
Hauge and the top cops of various agencies expressed displeasure that, aside from Erickson, other mayors and the county commissioners weren't in attendance to discuss the problem and seek solutions. The numbers tell the story of a rapidly rising drug …
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North Adams Forum Looks for Solutions to Crime, Addiction
A conversation hosted by the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition on Friday morning at First Baptist Church made it clear that the spike in crime the city's been experiencing has its roots in substance abuse, poverty and isolation and it will take a …
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Army researchers build portable synthetic marijuana detector to curb designer …
26, 2013) — Army researchers are building a portable drug detector that, soon, could help military and civil law enforcement agencies throughout the country more quickly catch synthetic drug abuse. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's prototype …
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Wilson Compton, M.D., M.P.E., a nationally known expert on the causes and prevention of drug abuse, has been appointed the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA,) part of the National Institutes of Health. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Wyoming County included in federal Appalachia HIDTA
PINEVILLE — Wyoming County law enforcement agencies received another tool in the ongoing effort to break the deadly grip of illegal drug abuse with the announcement on Thursday that the county has been included as part of the 15 counties in West Virginia in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Drug Overdoses Are Killing More Rural Americans Than Ever [MAPS]
Over the past few decades, the rate of people dying by drug overdose in the U.S. has risen dramatically. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

Prescription Drug Abuse in Teens PSA – This PSA as created by 9th grade students in Jill Chiodini and Jessica Monge’s humanities class at High Tech High International. It focuses on the dangers of…

Schools, law enforcement fighting teen drug, alcohol abuse
School leaders say they're not just concerned about alcohol but drug abuse, too. Law enforcement agencies are also working with the schools to stop what's known as "pharm parties," where students take a variety of pills. "They take it, dump it in a …
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NIDA's drug abuse information for teens goes mobile
Teens — and adults who care for them — can now find answers to questions about drug abuse and addiction more easily, and through smartphones and tablets. Spanish language versions of easy to understand resources on drug abuse and addiction are …
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Amid Northern Valley drug-policy debate, voices of experience
Drug-haunted former students, their parents and police who confront the community’s drug problem every day say emphatically that drug abuse in the Northern Valley school district is real, and aggressive policies like random drug-testing are overdue. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Keating talks prescription drug abuse at BOLD Coalition meeting
U.S. Rep. William Keating spoke about how prescription drug abuse and addiction can affect every community, no matter how affluent. Keating was the keynote speaker at the BOLD Coalition’s annual breakfast held Friday at McGovern’s Family Restaurant. It was a fitting speech for the coalition that promotes building a drug-free life to the city’s youth. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

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Question by Jack H: Are there any skeletons in Leicestershire Police cupboards, what do you think?
A Post copied from another forum………

If the British media want to slur the Portuguese authorities, perhaps they might want to look closer to home first.

20 December 2006, the BBC reports “Police officers in the East Midlands were convicted of criminal offences over four years on an average of nearly one a month, the BBC has learned. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that 45 officers received convictions for 70 crimes from November 2002 to November 2006. Hundreds of others were fined for speeding or parking illegally. Supt Heather Long of Lincolnshire Police said officers who committed crimes were dealt with robustly. The figures from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire show that 28 sexual offences, eight of driving after taking alcohol or drugs and five physical assaults were committed by police officers.    Read more...

Sunita Godara – Speaks On Fight Against Drug Abuse At Clean Sports India Launch –

State Attorney General's Office stepping up efforts against drug abuse
In recent months, the fight against drug abuse in the state has been intensified. State agencies, local law enforcement agencies and even pharmacies that do business in the state have been increasing efforts in order to put a stop to the rising drug … Read more on West Virginia MetroNews

Bills would give state new powers to fight prescription drug abuse
Brown, who as attorney general railed against prescription drug abuse and pill-pushing doctors, declined through a spokesman to say how he would respond to the bills. The proposed legislation was spurred by a series of investigative reports in The … Read more on Los Angeles Times