Posts Tagged ‘teenage drug abuse’
Internet a Key Tool for Drug Traffickers
Internet a key tool for drug traffickers
China continues to experience a rising wave of drug-related crimes, with the Internet serving as a key channel for the underground drug market, an anti-drug official said. According to the Ministry of Public Security, police uncovered 151,000 drug crimes last year, up 24 per cent from 2012. "The Internet has become an increasingly active platform for the organisation and operation of drug abuse … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
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A well-known and disheartening fact is the issue of teenage drug abuse. This issue spans across many different areas of substance abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Officials urge residents to turn in unneeded prescription drugs Mayor Walsh & Congresspeople Combat Prescription Drug Abuse with 'Take … |
Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors – WCYB
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Drug abuse treatment clinic asked to close doors
WCYB "The clinic is in violation of zoning ordinance because it's a substance abuse clinic," Phillips said. "Those clinics are only allowed in the M-1 zone, which is light industrial but the location of the clinic is in the B-3 arterial business district … |
Ask a Trooper: Know the Signs of Teenage Drug Abuse
Ask A Trooper: Know the signs of teenage drug abuse
I spent time last week at training, and one of the topics covered is the amount of teen drug abuse, which is on the rise nationally. There are several reasons this trend is occurring. I would like to share some of this information with families, who …
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Drug abuse on rise among Mass. teens
Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently …
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Cayman's Drug (Council) problem
Why, since the establishment of the Drug Council, have Cayman's teens continued to drink, toke and smoke at an unabated rate, contrary to U.S. trends? Which begs us to ask: Why does Cayman even have a Drug Council? Couldn't government put all or a …
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Surveys Yet to Show Link Between Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse – Tampabay.com
Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse – Tampabay.com
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Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
Tampabay.com "We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage. Expect serious problems with medical marijuana Pot Economics |
Pa. drug abuse bill under review – The Sentinel
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Pa. drug abuse bill under review
The Sentinel The programs have been growing in size and scope across the nation over the past decade, as prescription drug abuse has proliferated into what state and federal officials are calling a public health crisis. More Americans now die from drug overdoses … Privacy versus public health conflict in prescription bill |
Surveys Yet to Show Link Between Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse – Tampabay.com
Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse – Tampabay.com
SFGate |
Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
Tampabay.com "We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage. Expect serious problems with medical marijuana Pot Economics |
Pa. drug abuse bill under review – The Sentinel
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Pa. drug abuse bill under review
The Sentinel The programs have been growing in size and scope across the nation over the past decade, as prescription drug abuse has proliferated into what state and federal officials are calling a public health crisis. More Americans now die from drug overdoses … Privacy versus public health conflict in prescription bill |
Surveys Yet to Show Link Between Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse – Tampabay.com
Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse – Tampabay.com
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Surveys yet to show link between medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
Tampabay.com "We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage. Expect serious problems with medical marijuana |
Pa. drug abuse bill under review – The Sentinel
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Pa. drug abuse bill under review
The Sentinel Prescription drug monitoring programs aim to help doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement identify patients who are doctor-shopping or going to multiple pharmacies to stock up on highly addictive drugs, either for personal abuse or illegal sales. Public health, privacy rights collide in Pa. drug-tracking bill |