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Drug Abuse Statistics: Putting a spotlight on accidental drug deaths
North Carolina is one of the nation’s worst states for prescription drug abuse, and Iredell County ranks higher than the state average in accidental drug deaths.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Abuse, neglect number one killer of children in United States
LAUGHLIN — The number one killer of children in the United States is child abuse and neglect. That was the heart of the message delivered repeatedly last Wednesday evening by Allison Smith, statewide coordinator for the Attorney General’s Office of Drug Endangered Children.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Iredell groups put a spotlight on accidental drug deaths
North Carolina is one of the nation’s worst states for prescription drug abuse, and Iredell County ranks higher than the state average in accidental drug deaths.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Carpinteria Cares for Youth Forum Tackles Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse – Noozhawk
[Noozhawk’s note: This article is part of Noozhawk’s special investigative series, Prescription for Abuse. Related links are below.] Experts on prescription drug misuse and abuse spoke about the growing problem at a public forum Wednesday …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Focus on prescription pill abuse in Orange County – Orange County Register
The sobering statistics on prescription drug abuse and the people behind them will be explored in the KCET television special “RX Danger” that airs Friday at 8:30 p.m. on the station’s “SoCal Connected” program. As part of his …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Piedmont Man Lost Two Family Members to Prescription Drug Abuse – My Fox 8
In North Carolina, the number of deaths due to prescription drug abuse rose 500 percent from 1999 to 2009, according to statistics from Drug Free NC. More people die from prescription drug abuse than from those using cocaine and heroin combined.
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