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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com

Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com


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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug
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WESTFIELD, NJ – Members of the regional board of health discussed restaurant inspections, posting vaccination rates at childcare centers, information for parents regarding prescription drug abuse and a resolution to ban smoking in parks and recreation …

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Saltville Police offer drug take-back day – Southwest Virginia Today

Saltville Police offer drug take-back day
Southwest Virginia Today
Hall noted that unused medicines that remain in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these …
Coateville police want your (prescription) drugsDaily Local News

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Amid Heroin Crisis, Officials Urge Residents to Turn in Unneeded Prescription Drugs

Amid heroin crisis, officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs
As Massachusetts grapples with a surge in heroin overdoses, top elected officials Monday urged residents to scour medicine cabinets for unneeded prescription drugs that can act as a gateway to addiction. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com

Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug … – TheAlternativePress.com


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Westfield Board of Health Debates Immunization at Childcare Centers, Drug
TheAlternativePress.com
WESTFIELD, NJ – Members of the regional board of health discussed restaurant inspections, posting vaccination rates at childcare centers, information for parents regarding prescription drug abuse and a resolution to ban smoking in parks and recreation …

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Saltville Police offer drug take-back day – Southwest Virginia Today

Saltville Police offer drug take-back day
Southwest Virginia Today
Hall noted that unused medicines that remain in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these …
Coateville police want your (prescription) drugsDaily Local News

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Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov't Stops Counting Drug Users
Daily Beast
Pioneered by Eric Wish in the 1970s, The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring survey (ADAM II)—cancelled as a result of budget cuts—went into what has become the virtual hub of America's drug war: prison. Originally known as Drug Use Forecasting (DUF), …

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HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths – WSAU


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HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths
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(WSAU) — Several new laws were signed Monday designed to help people with opiate abuse and addition. Governor Scott Walker signed seven bills that were part of the Heroin Opiate Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) legislative package during stops in …
Walker signs bills aimed at quicker response to heroin scourgeThe Oshkosh Northwestern
New heroin laws lauded by Dodge County DABeaver Dam Daily Citizen
Walker signs package of anti-heroin billsWashington Times

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Mass. to Hold Prescription ‘Take Back Day’ to Curb Abuse – Boston.com

Mass. to hold prescription ‘Take Back Day’ to curb abuse – Boston.com

Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse
Boston.com
More than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs, more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to the advocacy organization Foundation for a Drug-Free World. The Centers for Disease …
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug MassLive.com
Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugsBoston Globe
State Officials Promote National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayPatch.com
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Prescription drug abuse a problem – San Angelo Standard Times

Prescription drug abuse a problem
San Angelo Standard Times
AUSTIN, Texas — Beyond the always illegal drugs that come through back alley deals on street corners, Texas has another drug problem: illicitly used prescription medication. A state House committee in Austin met Monday to hear testimony on an issue …

Gov Gives Up on Addicts – Daily Beast

Gov Gives Up on Addicts – Daily Beast

Gov Gives Up on Addicts
Daily Beast
Pioneered by Eric Wish in the 1970s, The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring survey (ADAM II)—cancelled as a result of budget cuts—went into what has become the virtual hub of America's drug war: prison. Originally known as Drug Use Forecasting (DUF), …

Drug Addiction – Google News

 

HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths – WSAU


San Francisco Chronicle

HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths
WSAU
(WSAU) — Several new laws were signed Monday designed to help people with opiate abuse and addition. Governor Scott Walker signed seven bills that were part of the Heroin Opiate Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) legislative package during stops in …
Walker signs bills aimed at quicker response to heroin scourgeThe Oshkosh Northwestern
New heroin laws lauded by Dodge County DABeaver Dam Daily Citizen

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