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Drug Tests OK for New Workers in Birmingham and Hoover; but Not in Jefferson …
Drug tests OK for new workers in Birmingham and Hoover; but not in Jefferson …
Hoover has a "medical examinations/substance abuse policy" in place that requires new job applicants to pass a medical examination. Peggy Washington-Polk, director of the … "The receiver has refused, and will continue to refuse, to allow any medical …
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Pot Smoking May Pose Heart Dangers, Study Suggests
Doctors are legally required to report drug abuse cases to the network if they believe the drug use could lead to serious health problems. Previous studies have linked marijuana use to an increased risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease, the …
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Prescription Drug Arrest –
Elko Police are expanding a criminal investigation after the arrest of a Walnut Street woman on suspicion of numerous counts connected to prescription drug abuse. Lt. Ty Trouten says 39-year-old Jamie Figueroa was jailed on several felony counts after …
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs … Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County – KMOV.com
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Pre-teen prescription drug abuse rising in Lincoln County
KMOV.com (KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According … |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
Wife: Slipknot Bassist’s Final Days Blur of Drug Abuse – USA TODAY
Wife: Slipknot bassist’s final days blur of drug abuse – USA TODAY
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Wife: Slipknot bassist's final days blur of drug abuse
USA TODAY Paul Gray's final weeks were a blur of extreme drug abuse, which neither his doctor nor his bandmates would help his wife confront, she testified in Polk County District Court on Tuesday. Brenna Gray said her husband, the bassist and a founder of the … Paul Gray's widow details his dark descent into drug addiction Paul Gray spent final weeks in 'blur' of drugs and Slipknot bandmates did not … Slipknot's Paul Gray Spent Final Days In A “Blur” Of Drugs |
Gray’s final days blur of drug abuse, wife testifies – DesMoinesRegister.com
Experts: Prescription Drug Abuse Becoming Big Problem in Lincoln County
Experts: Prescription drug abuse becoming big problem in Lincoln County
(KMOV.com) – Officials have told News 4 that prescription drug abuse is rising among pre-teens in Lincoln County. Authorities have told News 4 that more people are abusing prescription drugs than heroin, LSD, inhalants, and cocaine combined. According to recent statistics, the number of drug overdoses per capita tripled in Missouri between 1999 and 2010. Only six other states have more overdoses … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Georgia wages war against prescription drug abuse
CBS46 investigates how Georgia is fighting the war on prescription drugs and if the state is winning. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, … A decade into a federal crackdown on the …
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4 Failed Attempts to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse (and Their …
It appears that the war against prescription drugs is heating up but so far, all it has done is punish those who legitimately need medication and drive addicts to riskier drugs like heroin. The following examples suggest that, as a nation, we still do …
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News
Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News
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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic … |
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how … 8th National Drug Take-Back Day to be celebrated in Logan Co. Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |