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Drug Abuse Database Keeps Going With Last-Minute Rescue

Drug abuse database keeps going with last-minute rescue
TALLAHASSEE — Even from his perch as Pasco County Tax Collector, Mike Fasano is still making his presence felt in the Capitol when it comes to his signature legislation, the state's prescription drug monitoring database. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Alliance steps forward in fight against alcohol, drug abuse
MANALAPAN — The problem of drug abuse is real and it is in Manalapan. That was the message delivered by Anthony Busalacchi, chairman of the Manalapan- Englishtown Community Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, at the April 23 Township Committee meeting. read more Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s Not What the Doctor Ordered
ATLANTA, May 6, 2014 /Emag.co.uk/ — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2012, “Overdose deaths involving prescription opioid analgesics, which… via Emag.co.uk Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Allegiance’s Health Drug Addiction Center Reopens Doors After Quarantine – the Jackson Citizen Patriot

Allegiance’s Health Drug Addiction Center reopens doors after quarantine – The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Allegiance's Health Drug Addiction Center reopens doors after quarantine
The Jackson Citizen Patriot
JACKSON, MI – After more than a week, the Allegiance Health Drug Addiction Recovery Center called off the quarantine and reopened its doors. The center, 2424 W. Washington Ave., notified the Jackson County Health Department April 22, that patients and …

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Is Drug Addiction a Disease? [POLL] – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio


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Is Drug Addiction a Disease? [POLL]
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There are terms being thrown around much more frequently as of ate when people about drug use. The phrases such as “explosion of drug use,” or “expansion of drug use,” are used to explain the growth of drug use. While we can call it “expansion” or an …
Proposed E-cigarette tax could help pay for heroin addiction treatment, NJ NJ.com
Legislators Poised to Combat Deadly Rise in Opioid Abuse and Heroin UseNJ Spotlight
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Harford Co. Disposes Unused, Expired Medications

Harford Co. disposes unused, expired medications
More than 300 people participated in Harford County's National Prescription Drug Take Back event last Saturday, which helped to properly dispose 1,389 pounds of unused and expired medicines. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

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 DayWest Virginia Record

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse 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.

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Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO]

Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO]
The report also recommends “updating school curricula, school-based peer-to-peer programs, prescription drug abuse recognition and reporting protocols for educators.” Gray said expanding the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program is also …
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Local coalitions aim to prevent underage substance abuse
According to its website, the Chandler Coalition on Youth Substance Abuse saw a need to create a partnership after the 2012 Arizona Youth survey concluded the average age a person begins drinking alcohol is 12.7 years in the Chandler redevelopment …
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State officials unhappy with proposed switch in drug abuse office
The Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, known as ADAP, works with the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) to run the state's new hub and spoke substance abuse treatment and recovery system, which officials say is extremely successful and …
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Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO] – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO] – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio


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Stopping Dual Drug Abuse Epidemics [AUDIO]
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
The report also recommends “updating school curricula, school-based peer-to-peer programs, prescription drug abuse recognition and reporting protocols for educators.” Gray said expanding the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program is also …
Legislators Poised to Combat Deadly Rise in Opioid Abuse and Heroin UseNJ Spotlight
Proposed E-cigarette tax could help pay for heroin addiction treatment, NJ NJ.com
NJ Senate panel considers options for dealing with heroin, painkiller addictionNorthJersey.com
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Prescription drug abuse epidemic is topic of summit Thursday in Lower Paxton … – The Patriot-News

Prescription drug abuse epidemic is topic of summit Thursday in Lower Paxton
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The first of two drug abuse summits set by the Dauphin County commissioners to draw attention to prescription drug abuse will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Lower Paxton Township building. A panel of national, state and local experts will discuss