Posts Tagged ‘prescription drug abuse’
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
As of 2013, Arkansas had the highest rate of teen prescription abuse, according to Community Organization for Drug Education. Abuse of pain relievers is the highest rate among ages 12-25. Seventy percent of people in that age group admitted to …
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One Mother, 7 Dead Newborns and a Stunned Community in Utah
Her marriage decayed into substance abuse and violence, she told people close to her. Her ailing … Court records show that Ms. Huntsman allowed investigators to “look through the residence” and that they had found drug evidence in the garbage …
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Drug Take Back Aims to Cut Down on Prescription Drug Abuse
Drug take back aims to cut down on prescription drug abuse
BOISE — Dozens of people came to the Boise Towne Square Mall Saturday, but not to shop. They were there for the Drug Free Idaho hosted prescription drug take back and document shred it day. Rob Stevenson is the Executive Director of Drug Free Idaho. "We encourage you to bring back your unused or expired medications for safe disposal as well as any personal documents, it's a good spring cleaning … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Abuse, theft of prescription drugs on the rise, N.D. attorney general says
BISMARCK – Prescription drug abuse and theft are on the rise in North Dakota as children and thieves increasingly hunt for unused medications in medicine cabinets and bathroom drawers, with some burglars going so far as to target homes of the recently deceased, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV
Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV
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Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
KELOLAND TV If you leave the drugs sitting around, they could contribute to criminal behavior or severe health risks. At the Aberdeen Police Department, officers say people who abuse prescription drugs get those medications from different sources. Your medicine … Prescription drug 'take back' today Prescription drug disposal sites listed Utah police agencies to collect unwanted prescription drugs Saturday |
Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News
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 … AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse … |
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 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 … AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Rahall calls meeting on W.Va.'s drug problem |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems. |
Abuse, Theft of Prescription Drugs on the Rise, N.D. Attorney General Says
Abuse, theft of prescription drugs on the rise, N.D. attorney general says
BISMARCK – Prescription drug abuse and theft are on the rise in North Dakota as children and thieves increasingly hunt for unused medications in medicine cabinets and bathroom drawers, with some burglars going so far as to target homes of the recently deceased, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Research Paper About Drugs….?
Question by feefee: Research Paper about Drugs….?
So I have to write a research paper about drugs: its effect on people, facts about it, and real life stories.
I need some websites to cite like : http://www.drugfree.org
I want websites that talk about how many people are affected by drugs worldwide/or in America ( which would be facts about it).
Any website that would show the effects of it or anything interesting about drugs like real life stories.
Please give me links, thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by clUeLesSpErSoN!
how about interviewing people and there experirences with drugs. Get there side of the story.
Answer by pj
I would check out the sites listed at this subject directory (ipl2.org I typed in the search box “drug addiction” http://www.ipl.org/IPL/Finding?Key=drug+addiction
The Addiction Recovery site includes a message board with real life stories:
http://www.addictionrecoveryguide.org/