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Drug Abuse: House Speaker Stumbo’s Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Approved – SurfKY News
Drug Abuse: House Speaker Stumbo’s Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Approved – SurfKY News
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House Speaker Stumbo's Prescription Drug Abuse Bill Approved
SurfKY News FRANKFORT, KY (3/1/12) – House Speaker Greg Stumbo's legislation to make it easier for law enforcement to find and stop prescription drug abuse passed the House's Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon. “This is a major step forward for an initiative … HARRISBURG, Illinois (AP) — Jeff Rann had ample warning that terrible weather … |
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Drug Abuse: Program on drug abuse warns students about ‘killer’ – Palladium-Item
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Program on drug abuse warns students about 'killer'
Palladium-Item WINCHESTER, Ind. — More than 1500 Randolph County middle and high school students heard some plain talk about drug abuse, especially that involving heroin, at a Wednesday convocation. US Attorney Joe Hogsett warned students that his amiable persona … |
Drug Abuse: Keating Visits Weymouth to Announce Anti-Drug-Abuse Legislation – Enterprise News
Drug Abuse: Keating visits Weymouth to announce anti-drug-abuse legislation – Enterprise News
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Keating visits Weymouth to announce anti-drug–abuse legislation
Enterprise News 23, 2012, former Boston Celtic Chris Herren discusses his drug addiction as state Sen. John Keenan, left, and US Rep. William Keating listen. Keating announced that he had filed legislation in an effort to combat abuse of prescription drugs. Rep. Keating to announce groundbreaking painkiller legislation |
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Drug Abuse: Special Report: Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs – CBS 47
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Special Report: Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs
CBS 47 Whitney Houston's death is putting the national epidemic of prescription drug abuse back in the national spotlight. According to a 2011 study by the LA Times, more people die from drug overdoses than traffic accidents, and drugs like oxycontin, … The Dangerous Side of Prescription Drugs |
Drug Addicts May Be Born With Abnormal Brains: Study – New York Daily News
Drug Abuse: Drug addicts may be born with abnormal brains: study – New York Daily News
Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction or if they were there beforehand to predispose a person to drug abuse. Scientists at the University of Cambridge compared the …
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Drug Abuse: DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe – YAHOO!
(Reuters) – Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. The action on Saturday came one day after the …
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Drug Abuse: Agents Raid 2 Florida CVS Stores in Prescription Drug Abuse Probe – Insurance Journal
Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raided two CVS pharmacies in Florida as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. The action on Saturday came one day after …
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Drug Addiction: Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse – ABC News
Drug Addiction: Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse – ABC News
Texas Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2010 American League MVP who has battled alcohol and drug addictions for over a decade, admitted Friday he relapsed and had several drinks on Monday night. In a press conference, Hamilton …
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Drug Addiction: One Drug Abstinence Method Earns a Second Look – Houston Chronicle
Burning Tree, a long term drug treatment center in Texas, reintroduces to the addiction community a proven, but sometimes forgotten about, method of treating chronic addicts and their families. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 One method to treat …
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Drug Addiction: Addicts’ Vulnerability to Drugs Linked to Family Ties in Study – Businessweek
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — The brains of addicts and their healthy siblings are different than those of unrelated, healthy volunteers, a study has found, suggesting vulnerability to drug dependency may be partly inherited. The aberrations were found …
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Drug Addiction: Summmit addresses prescription drug abuse – Progress Index
CHESTERFIELD – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has labeled prescription drug abuse as a national epidemic that poses a significant problem across all age categories. Chesterfield County is not exempt. In its continuing effort to …
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Addicts’ Brains May Be Wired at Birth for Less Self-Control – NPR News
Drug Addiction: Addicts’ Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control – NPR News
Many addicts inherit a brain that has trouble just saying no to drugs. A study in Science finds that cocaine addicts have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.
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Drug Addiction: Drug abuse arrests up 13%, more start younger: CNB – Straits Times
The number of drug abusers arrested last year shot up 13 per cent, said the Central Narcotics Bureau, due to ‘intensified enforecement efforts’. The drug enforcement agency said in an annual report released on Friday that it had nabbed 3,265 …
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Drug Addiction: Baseball MVP Josh Hamilton Suffers Addiction Relapse – ABC News
Texas Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton, the 2010 American League MVP who has battled alcohol and drug addictions for over a decade, has suffered a relapse with alcohol. ESPN reports that Hamilton, 30, drank alcohol at Sherlock’s Pub and …
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Drug Addiction: One Drug Abstinence Method Earns a Second Look – Houston Chronicle
Burning Tree, a long term drug treatment center in Texas, reintroduces to the addiction community a proven, but sometimes forgotten about, method of treating chronic addicts and their families. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 One method to treat …
Drug Addiction – Bing News
Drug Addiction: Parents Raise Awareness About Rise in Prescription Drug Use – Jacksonville Daily News
Drug Addiction: Parents raise awareness about rise in prescription drug use – Jacksonville Daily News
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Parents raise awareness about rise in prescription drug use
Jacksonville Daily News A group of concerned parents, organized by Stephanie Gladwell of Cedar Point, are out to raise awareness and educate other parents about drug and alcohol use in Carteret County and the surrounding area. “We want to open up the dialogue,” Gladwell said. |
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Drug Addiction: Doctors must register under latest Senate plan targeting prescription abuse – Wicked Local
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Doctors must register under latest Senate plan targeting prescription abuse
Wicked Local Patients with a history of prescription drug abuse would be restricted to using a single pharmacy, an anti-fraud protection that would be triggered under the proposed law at 11 prescriptions from four doctors or four pharmacies within 90 days. Mass. wary of out-of-state "pill mills" |