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UN: Designer Drug Abuse a Growing Global Problem – CBS News
UN: Designer drug abuse a growing global problem – CBS News
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UN: Designer drug abuse a growing global problem
CBS News Designer drug abuse is booming and more synthetic substances are entering the market at an alarming rate, according to the 2013 World Drug Report released on Wednesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC). While traditional illicit … UN sounds alarm on widespread designer drug use UN drug control agency sounds alarm on designer drug use, global drug use … Designer drug abuse proliferating at unprecedented level warns UNDOC |
Photos: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – San Jose Mercury News media center
Photos: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – San Jose Mercury News Media Center
Photos: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – San Jose Mercury News media center
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Photos: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
San Jose Mercury News media center In cities around the world, officials held public burning ceremonies destroying confiscated drugs in observance of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, 2013. Thousands of pounds of drugs including marijuana, heroin, … Health Exhibition Highlights Dangers of Drug Abuse Drug abuse poses threat to nation's integrity: Expert Public participation must to combat drug addiction |
UN: Designer drug abuse a growing global problem – CBS News
Lawmakers Want Clampdown on Prescription Drug Abuse – the Hill (Blog)
Lawmakers want clampdown on prescription drug abuse – The Hill (blog)
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Lawmakers want clampdown on prescription drug abuse
The Hill (blog) Legislators want the federal government to crack down on prescription drug abuse, which they warn is a national crisis. Lawmakers on Friday were united in their concern about pharmaceuticals, which represent the second largest sector of abused drugs in … Take-Back Program Would Tackle 'Epidemic' Prescription Drug Abuse in King … |
Mother Takes To Streets To Fight Drug Abuse – 10TV
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Mother Takes To Streets To Fight Drug Abuse
10TV While law enforcement officials work to combat drug use in Marion with arrests and prosecutions, a mother is taking to the streets to fight the problem her own way. Lori Kraviec is taking steps to turn tragedy into change in her community, after her … |
Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know
Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know
Linebacker Austin Box of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a break during a game in 2010. Box died of an accidental prescription drug overdose the following year. Austin Box "gutted through" pain. Even after a bad blow to his back that ruptured a disc, the … Read more on PBS NewsHour (blog)
Son's overdose makes San Ramon woman a tireless crusader
Back in San Ramon, the news came as a shock to his family, who said Joey never had a history of drug use. Toxicology reports showed he was barely over the legal limit for alcohol and had low levels of Xanax and OxyContin in his bloodstream. "The fact … Read more on San Jose Mercury News
REAL LIFE DRUG STORY VIDEOS — Drug Addiction Experiences/Teenage Drugs Stories
REAL LIFE DRUG STORY VIDEOS — Drug Addiction Experiences/Teenage Drugs Stories – teenagers addiction of drugs,alcohol and other dangerous substances.
Teen prescription drug abuse: A growing menace
One in four teens (24 percent) reports having misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime (up from 18 percent in 2008), which translates to about 5 million teens. That is a 33 percent increase over a five-year period. * Of … Read more on San Jose Mercury News
GAO: No progress was made on reducing teen drug use
The strategy identified seven goals involved in reducing drug use among teens by 15 percent by 2015. The Government Accountability Office said the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other federal agencies had made progress toward one goal but … Read more on UPI.com
Film Screened in Concord Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
Film screened in Concord fights prescription drug abuse
The film was shown as part of Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month. On Monday, anti-prescription drug abuse organizations and friends and family of overdose victims will rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. before a … Read more on San Jose Mercury News
NYC's Bloomberg to keynote drug abuse summit
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be a keynote speaker at the second National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in early April, which is being organized by the Eastern Kentucky anti-drug organization Operation UNITE. The conference is scheduled for April … Read more on The Courier-Journal (blog)