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Seattle High School Tackles Growing Drug Abuse Problem – KING5.com

Seattle high school tackles growing drug abuse problem – KING5.com

Seattle high school tackles growing drug abuse problem
KING5.com
SEATTLE — Roosevelt High School administrators are facing an alcohol and drug abuse problem head on. After discovering that the problem is growing on campus, the school immediately brought in educators and proponents for alcohol and drug education.

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Take Back Youth Aims to Teach Parents, Teens About Drug Abuse – WSAW

Take Back Youth Aims to Teach Parents, Teens About Drug Abuse
WSAW
Addiction is a real issue here in our community, and unfortunately, much of it begins with teenage drug use. That's why the Alcohol and Other Drug Partnership is working to bring awareness to drug use among our youth. "I am a mother that helplessly

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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County …

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Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate – Patch.com

Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate
Patch.com
As that list and this compilation show, drug abuse is no longer a scourge that's confined to the nation's crime-ridden areas. In some New Jersey counties, heroin abuse was a major factor in a steep increase in drug abuse cases over the past year. In

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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County …

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate – Patch.com

Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate
Patch.com
As that list and this compilation show, drug abuse is no longer a scourge that's confined to the nation's crime-ridden areas. In some New Jersey counties, heroin abuse was a major factor in a steep increase in drug abuse cases over the past year. In

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Crime Rates Drop, Local Rehab Facility Sees Rise in Illegal Drug Abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse – WPSD Local 6

Crime rates drop, local rehab facility sees rise in illegal drug abuse
WPSD Local 6
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky—Crime rates drop, but illegal drug use soars. Law enforcement is cracking down while local rehab centers battle the addiction. New crime statistics provide a new look at just how safe our community is. The McCracken County 

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate – Patch.com

Monmouth County On List Of 7 With Highest Drug Abuse Rate
Patch.com
As that list and this compilation show, drug abuse is no longer a scourge that's confined to the nation's crime-ridden areas. In some New Jersey counties, heroin abuse was a major factor in a steep increase in drug abuse cases over the past year. In

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Haley Creates Prescription Drug Abuse Panel

Haley creates prescription drug abuse panel
Law enforcement organizations, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and other state agencies have worked for years to prevent prescription drug abuse. Leaders of those organizations said they appreciate the formation of a council to …
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Jackson's heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse
There were about twice the number of people in the United States who depended on or abused heroin in 2012 than there were in 2002, according to the most recent statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the …
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Michigan Senate OKs welfare drug testing program
A person who tested positive for illegal drugs would be referred to a regional substance abuse agency for intervention. Refusing to participate, or failing a second drug test during treatment, would disqualify the individual from the cash assistance …
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Jackson’s Heroin Problem Persists, Fueled by Prescription Drug Abuse … – MLive.com

Jackson’s heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse … – MLive.com


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Jackson's heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse
MLive.com
Relapse rates for drug addiction are similar to those for other chronic medical illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma, which also have physiological and behavioral components. Treatment involves changing deeply embedded behaviors.
Casey, local law enforcement push for bill to curb prescription drug abuseLancaster Newspapers
EDITORIAL: Curb prescription drug abuse to prevent heroin nightmareShelby Township Source Newspapers
Docs Ask for Help Fighting Prescription Drug AbuseWTAJ
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Drug abuse on rise among Mass. teens – Wicked Local Hamilton

Drug abuse on rise among Mass. teens
Wicked Local Hamilton
The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently released, shows 12.3 percent of Massachusetts youth ages 12-17 reported using illicit drugs within a month before being surveyed.

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