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Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem. “I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of … |
Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail – CorrectionsOne
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Peer-to-peer drug abuse program aids inmates in Denver County Jail
CorrectionsOne DENVER, Colo. — A substance abuse treatment program at the Denver County Jail has inmates holding each other accountable for their choices. Denver's county jail is among just a few in the country, and the only one in the state, to embrace the program, … |
DeForest Area – Meeting for Parents – Parents Invited to Alcohol and Drug …
DeForest Area – Meeting For Parents – Parents invited to alcohol and drug …
The DeForest Area School District and DeForest Police Department will co-host upcoming Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) presentations to the DeForest Area community. According to DeForest Police Chief Robert Henze: "It is important to provide …
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Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern …
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem. “I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of …
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Carnegie Company Gives Former Convicts, Recovering Drug Addicts a Second … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Carnegie company gives former convicts, recovering drug addicts a second … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Carnegie company gives former convicts, recovering drug addicts a second …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette About 15 years ago, as their company began to expand, the Vorels decided to focus on hiring people whose backgrounds, such as a criminal record or drug addiction, usually cause barriers to their employment. In recent months, as Envirosafe launches an … |
Health education in Carroll public schools covers heroin, other drug use – Carroll County Times
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Health education in Carroll public schools covers heroin, other drug use
Carroll County Times Many of them tell Weber, who has been in recovery from the drug for 10 years, stories of becoming addicted to prescription drugs, such as Oxycontin, a narcotic pain reliever, in high school, either through taking the drug at parties or after an … |
Corbett Promotes Prescription Drug Drop-Off Boxes – Philly.com
Corbett promotes prescription drug drop-off boxes – Philly.com
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Corbett promotes prescription drug drop-off boxes
Philly.com HARRISBURG – Gov. Corbett is trying to raise awareness of prescription–drug abuse, encouraging Pennsylvanians to empty their medicine cabinets of expired or unused pharmaceuticals and dispose of them in one of 250 new drop-off boxes in the state. Secure boxes to be available for unwanted Pittsburgh-region prescription drugs |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
‘Agents of change’ educate on prescription drug abuse – Johnson City Press (subscription)
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'Agents of change' educate on prescription drug abuse
Johnson City Press (subscription) ETSU pharmacy students shared testimonies of Rx drug abuse with students at Indian Trail Intermediate school Tuesday. Pharmacy student Jake Peters talks with the students during the presentation. (Lee Talbert/Johnson City Press) … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
FDA Wants Proof Antibacterial Soaps Are Safe, Effective
FDA wants proof antibacterial soaps are safe, effective
Some studies suggest possible health risks from ingredients like Triclosan which could have hormonal effects or lead to bacterial resistance. The FDA proposed a rule change Monday that would require manufacturers of antibacterial hand soap and body …
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Doctors don't fully understand biology of depression
Unlike depressed patients who are anxious and can't stop thinking about their problems, people with the anhedonic version are smothered in a gray blanket of numbness. When the two types of depressed people are …. Some existing treatments for …
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REVEALED: How day care centers kill children slowly
Recently, medical experts, in a bid to get a clear picture of malicious drug and alcoholic poisoning of children, especially those under seven years of age, and the fatal consequences of the practice in the United States of America, for example …
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Secure Boxes to Be Available for Unwanted Pittsburgh-Region Prescription Drugs – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Secure boxes to be available for unwanted Pittsburgh-region prescription drugs – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Secure boxes to be available for unwanted Pittsburgh-region prescription drugs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Authorities have observed a statewide increase in abuse of prescription drugs and heroin, said Ed Marsico, district attorney of Dauphin County. Last year, the county had about 20 overdoses that could be attributed to heroin or prescription drugs. This … Pa. gov touts prescription drug drop-off boxes |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Harrisburg touts prescription drug drop-off boxes – Daily Local News
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Harrisburg touts prescription drug drop-off boxes
Daily Local News HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett is trying to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse, encouraging Pennsylvanians to empty their medicine cabinets of expired or unused pharmaceuticals and disposing of them in one of 250 new drop-off boxes … |