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Drug Abuse Statistics: Many Working for Drug-Free Community, Group Says

Drug Abuse Statistics: Many working for drug-free community, group says
In its annual celebration Friday, Shelby County Drug Free Coalition officials gave a pep talk to the community and those who work toward eradicating drug abuse.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Washington County named ground zero for prescription drug abuse
Maine was hit earlier and harder by prescription painkiller abuse than much of the nation. And Washington County, at its eastern tip, has been considered ground zero for painkiller abuse in Maine for the past decade, since an explosion of addiction in Down East Maine and in West Virginia earned OxyContin the nickname “hillbilly heroin.”
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Forum Tackles Prescription Drug Abuse in Nevada
The prescription drug epidemic is growing in southern Nevada. Statistics show more people are getting hooked on pills and dying from drug overdoses. In southern Nevada, experts say young people are abusing prescription drugs at alarming rates.
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Many Kids Abuse Controlled Medications: Survey – Vancouver Sun

Prescription Drug Abuse: Many kids abuse controlled medications: Survey – Vancouver Sun


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Many kids abuse controlled medications: Survey
Vancouver Sun
By Frederik Joelving, Reuters August 2, 2011 Various prescription medications are pictured in a file photo. Usually kids take too much of the drugs, risking dangerous side effects, but as many as 10 per cent use them intentionally to get high,
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Many US teens abuse controlled medicationsReuters India
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Prescription for addiction: Pills can start problems – Baraboo News Republic

Prescription for addiction: Pills can start problems
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Ed Zagorski / News Republic Editor's note:This is the first installment of a three-part series examining the impact of prescription drug abuse. Coming tomorrow: Some addicts resort to crime to get pills. He sat quietly at a restaurant table sipping

Drug Abuse: Many Kids Abuse Controlled Medications – FOX News

Drug Abuse: Many Kids Abuse Controlled Medications – FOX News
Painkillers were the most common drugs, followed by stimulants and sleeping pills … “For those kids who are misusing these medications, and have higher risk of substance abuse, it is not that they shouldn’t get the medications, but they need to be …
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Drug Abuse: Mother faces drug, child abuse charges – msnbc.com
A Port Charlotte mother was arrested on Monday morning for trafficking methamphetamine. The woman’s daughter flagged down a Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputy to report the drug use and child abuse of her one-year-old sister. According to a report …
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Drug Abuse: Many kids abuse controlled medications: Survey – The Vancouver Sun
Painkillers were the most common drugs, followed by stimulants and sleeping pills … and have higher risk of substance abuse , it is not that they shouldn’t get the medications, but they need to be monitored more closely.”
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Seaman’s Death Inquiry: Cerberus CO Sacked Many Sailors Over Drugs – Age

Drug Abuse: Seaman’s death inquiry: Cerberus CO sacked many sailors over drugs – Age
A navy captain called for up to 26 sailors to be discharged for drug abuse at the Victorian training base where a leading seaman died of an overdose, an inquiry into the death been told. Leading Seaman Julian Limozin, 25, was found dead in an accommodation …
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Drug Addiction: Many Theories for Causes of Drug Addiction

It has always fascinated me that people of good will, people of letters, qualified people who study and earnestly try to understand the nature of addiction, can so often completely disagree with each other. Is drug addiction caused by a human being’s response to pain? Is it genetic? Is it socio-economic? Is it caused by a lack of love?

The Mayo Clinic offers a scientific explanation of when drug addiction occurs, stating, “Physical addiction appears to occur when repeated use of a drug alters reward pathways in your brain. The addicting drug causes physical changes to some nerve cells (neurons) in your brain. Neurons use chemicals called neurotransmitters to communicate.”

Drug Addiction: Former First Lady Who Battled Addiction an Inspiration to Many – Boston Herald

Drug Addiction: Former first lady who battled addiction an inspiration to many – Boston Herald
Former First Lady Betty Ford, who died yesterday at age 93, is being remembered as a fearlessly honest advocate for women, gays, alcoholics, drug addicts and all who face problems in life that come with a social stigma. “She was a lovely woman,” said U.S. Rep.
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Drug Addiction: Virginia Officials Warn Of Synthetic Drug Overdose Opana – WUSA
When addicts grind up the pills and take them to get an immediate high they are at risk of overdose, Lee said. “I’m sure it is a lifesaving drug to people in chronic, debilitating pain, but when abused, it’s dangerous,” Lee said. Opana is a Schedule II …
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