Posts Tagged ‘task force’

Youth Drug Abuse Focus of CLU Conference – California Lutheran University

Youth drug abuse focus of CLU conference – California Lutheran University


California Lutheran University

Youth drug abuse focus of CLU conference
California Lutheran University
Experts in criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse will discuss local trends as well as treatment and prevention strategies related to the abuse of substances including prescription drugs, bath salts and marijuana. Judge Manuel Covarrubias

Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ may not face real truth about drug abuse – Fox News

Dr. Ablow: 'Faces of Drug Arrests' may not face real truth about drug abuse
Fox News
Sponsored by Rehabs.com, the campaign aims to startle people into recognizing the devastating effects of drug addiction on people who once looked healthy (in their first mug shots), as they change into people who look worn and ill and, frankly

Drug Abuse – Google News

Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ May Not Face Real Truth About Drug Abuse – Fox News

Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ may not face real truth about drug abuse – Fox News

Dr. Ablow: 'Faces of Drug Arrests' may not face real truth about drug abuse
Fox News
Sponsored by Rehabs.com, the campaign aims to startle people into recognizing the devastating effects of drug addiction on people who once looked healthy (in their first mug shots), as they change into people who look worn and ill and, frankly

Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Northampton Prevention Coalition leader moving on to new job with drug abuse … – GazetteNET

Northampton Prevention Coalition leader moving on to new job with drug abuse
GazetteNET
The city's Prevention Coalition began as a task force in 2008 managed by SPIFFY. In 2010, the group was awarded a five-year grant from the National Drug Free Communities Support Program to expand its substance abuse prevention work with Northampton …

Attorney General Takes Aim at Opiates

Attorney General takes aim at opiates
HARRISBURG Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today reiterated her support for legislation to help address the state's opioid prescription drug abuse epidemic after agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation along with agents from the Philadelphia DEA Diversion Task Force arrested and charged a Philadelphia woman on 257 counts of fraud, forgery and identity theft for … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

EIGHTH NATIONWIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its eighth opportunity in four years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal on Saturday, April 26th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the below … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

New Agreements Available to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – 10News

New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse – 10News

New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse
10News
The agreement was prompted by the surge of prescription drug abuse and "doctor shopping." In 2012, prescription drugs played a role in the deaths of 268 people in San Diego County—a 22-percent increase compared to 2008. A total of 1,221 people have …

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse – Norwich Bulletin

Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse
Norwich Bulletin
Utilizing the “Lock Your Meds” theme, sponsored by the National Family Partnership, whose mission is to combat youth prescription drug abuse, the PRIDE campaign targets adults and raises awareness of the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and …

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting – The Morning Sun

OTRA OPORTUNIDAD @ Casa De La Salsa Social


 

OTRA OPORTUNIDAD @ Casa de La Salsa social – Salseros Andre Degas and Steve Colón have teamed up to collaborate on a project that’s very personal to them – the impact of drug abuse. They formed Otra Opo…

 

Franklin County still battling drug epidemic
That is a good thing. But the consequence of that good action is that heroin is cheap and widely available so people who have a substance abuse disorder with opiates is going to jump ship and start using heroin instead.” The task force says one of the …
Read more on WWLP 22News

Governor declares heroin public health emergency; DA welcomes extra resources
Cheryl Bartlett, commissioner of the Department of Public Health, said many younger users take the drugs alone and some who are coming out of jail or treatment programs don't realize the effect the drugs' potency will have on their bodies. Patrick also …
Read more on GazetteNET

Putnam PRIDE Raises Awareness of Prescription Drug Abuse – Norwich Bulletin

Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse – Norwich Bulletin

Putnam PRIDE raises awareness of prescription drug abuse
Norwich Bulletin
Utilizing the “Lock Your Meds” theme, sponsored by the National Family Partnership, whose mission is to combat youth prescription drug abuse, the PRIDE campaign targets adults and raises awareness of the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse and …

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Attorney General Kane and Sen. John Rafferty: Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Attorney General Kane and Sen. John Rafferty: Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
Insurance News Net (press release)
Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today reiterated her support for legislation to help address the state's opioid prescription drug abuse epidemic after agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation along with agents from the …

and more »

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News