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Kaiser Permanente Partners with the DEA and Local Law Enforcement to Take-Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement agencies, is encouraging community members to participate in the eighth “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” on Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 10 a.m. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Easttown police taking back unwanted prescription drugs
On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Easttown Twp. Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its eighth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to Easttown Police Station at 566 Beaumont Rd. Devon, PA 19333 … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Heroin use taking a toll on Pennsylvania
Deb Beck of the Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization says the current rise in heroin use appears to differ from previous patterns. “Heroin prevalence would come and go and then simmer back down again,” Beck said. “I'm not sure that's going …
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A look at heroin use, deaths in some US states
With heroin use rising across the U.S., The Associated Press queried state health departments, medical examiner's offices and law enforcement agencies across the nation for statistics related to use, overdoses and treatment to obtain a more detailed …
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Residents aim to curb growing heroin problem
Three deaths in a matter of weeks; heroin and prescription drug abuse is rocking the streets of Topton. "He was a good friend of my number two son and he was at my house often. And the night that he died, it was really terrible," said Bob Brugger of Topton. It was a wake-up call to hundreds of community members. "I was heartbroken. And the fact that it could have been my brother," said Coral … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Hercules: Police to accept unwanted meds on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies, is designed to address a public health issue while protecting the environment Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Casey backs bill to combat Rx drug abuse
SCRANTON 8212 Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano, Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola and Luzerne County Deputy District Attorney Chester Dudick recently joined U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, in backing a bill designed to combat prescription drug abuse. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Local police departments deal with heroin, oxycodone epidemic
With a rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers, federal officials are urging local law enforcement agencies to train and equip personnel with the life-saving, overdose-reversal drug known as naloxone. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Missing piece of drug puzzle
The increasing drug abuse problem in the Bakken could be fought by one missing piece of the puzzle. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

9 On Your Side Investigates: Drug abuse across the East
Cities across our state are focused this week on fighting prescription drug abuse with Operation Medicine Drop. It’s a growing problem in North Carolina experts say can quickly escalate into abuse of more dangerous street drugs and sometimes lead to fatal overdoses. Now 9 On Your Side is finding out how law enforcement agencies across the East are fighting the epidemic. In his 18 years working … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

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Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 Re-Defines Aggravated Felony – This measure created the “aggravated felony” category of offense, which included illicit drug trafficking. This meant that immigrants convicted of an aggrava…

Roanoke County Police joins regional HIDTA program
The HIDTA program, created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, provides assistance to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies operating in areas where drug-trafficking is problematic. The purpose of the program is to reduce drug …
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Underground operation aims to save lives
He runs and anti-drug advocacy group, and an underground operation distributing Narcan to addicts and their friends and families. "Legislation usually takes years, and with the amount of people that are dying right now there was no choice as to whether …
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