Posts Tagged ‘national institute on drug abuse’
Groups Urge Vermont Governor to Broaden Zohydro Rules
Groups Urge Vermont Governor To Broaden Zohydro Rules
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD) sent a letter to Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin urging him to use concerns over Zohydro ER, a new opioid pain medication, "as a lightning rod for change." The American… Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the abuse of alcohol and illicit drugs cost our nation 428 billion dollars in related costs from crime, lost work, productivity and healthcare each year. In 2012 an estimated 23.1 million Americans needed treatment for a problem related to drugs or alcohol, but only 2.5 million received treatment. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Lucas County Commissioners, Other Officials Address Prescription Drug Abuse … – Toledo Blade
Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse … – Toledo Blade
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Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse …
Toledo Blade In the United States more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs – more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to national health statistics compiled by county officials. Every day … Lucas County touts drug take back day, awareness for growing epidemic |
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems. |
Lucas County Commissioners, Other Officials Address Prescription Drug Abuse … – Toledo Blade
Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse … – Toledo Blade
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Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse …
Toledo Blade In the United States more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs – more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to national health statistics compiled by county officials. Every day … Lucas County touts drug take back day, awareness for growing epidemic |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems. |
Where's the Family?
Where's the family?
Guy, who heads the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), an independent think tank in the UK, is passionate about alleviating poverty and has worked very closely with a number of disadvantaged groups including those suffering from poverty, drug abuse …
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Duke University Press, 2013
Addiction Trajectories provides a creative blend of anthropology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy, and it does so through the engaging stories of individuals suffering from various addictions. Having worked on grants for agencies that provide …
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More on that 'study'
The very political neuroscience of cannabis by Mark Kleiman. If instead you wanted to score points in the culture wars, push your political agenda, and perhaps please your sponsors at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of National Drug …
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Are the Feds Hoarding Pot?
Are the Feds Hoarding Pot?
Home to the only legal supply of research-grade cannabis, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has the power to shape the future of medical marijuana. Why it isn’t. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Officials address prescription drug abuse
Lucas County Commissioners today officially designated May as Prescription Abuse Awareness & Education Month; one of several steps being taken countywide to address what health and law enforcement officials call a “growing epidemic” in the county. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Drug Abuse Prevalent in Healthcare Industry
You might not expect the people charged with selling prescription drugs to be charged with stealing them. Tuesday, a Chattanooga pharmacist pleaded guilty in court of doing just that. 54-year-old Kimberly Hawkins pleaded guilty of theft of property and possession of a controlled substance. … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Parents Academy Debunks 'Marijuana Myths,' Talks Teen Drug Use
Parents Academy debunks 'marijuana myths,' talks teen drug use
Bartwell, a former deputy director of Demand Reduction at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was speaking to Barrington-area parents as part of her Parents Academy …
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This Man Is About to Die Because an Alcoholic Lawyer Botched His Case
Three months before he wrote the first of many checks against the estate, conduct that eventually put him in prison, he was hit with a complaint from the Athens Regional Medical Center for his failure to pay more than $ 10,000 for an inpatient substance …
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Reefer Madness, and Reason
Dependence is a special problem, not limited to adolescents but more prevalent among them: One in 6 teenagers become addicted to marijuana, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (the comparable figure for adults is 1 in 11). With dependence …
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