Drug Abuse: Prescription Addiction – Palladium-Item
Prescription addiction – Palladium-Item
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Prescription addiction
Palladium-Item Palladium-Item photo by Steve Koger • Brief description: Prescription drug abuse means taking a prescription medication that is not prescribed for you, or taking it for reasons or in dosages other than as prescribed. • Abuse of prescription drugs can … |
Boozy bears, bombs and eyeball shots – Asbury Park Press
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Boozy bears, bombs and eyeball shots
Asbury Park Press The Camden County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse will hold an open house Dec. 16 from 11 am to 3 pm Call (856) 427-6553 for information. More recent avenues for teens to get high, according to local drug prevention advocates, include incense … |
Some counties, but not Sacramento, to use drug court for state offenders – Sacramento Bee
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Some counties, but not Sacramento, to use drug court for state offenders
Sacramento Bee In Sacramento County, drug court officials say the program, started 17 years ago, can help many offenders. "Offenders have an opportunity to improve their lives rather than stay in the revolving door of drug use, arrest and incarceration," said Burke … |
Addiction drug limit draws sharp rebuke – Kennebec Journal
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Addiction drug limit draws sharp rebuke
Kennebec Journal The proposal is moving forward a little more than one month after a statewide summit to address a growing prescription drug abuse epidemic that has caused more than 1000 fatal overdoses in Maine in the past decade. Gov. Paul LePage appeared at the … |
Obama Drug Policy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System – Huffington Post (blog)
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Obama Drug Policy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Huffington Post (blog) There is no simple, straightforward fix to America's drug problem. Successfully combating this social challenge and reducing the toll substance abuse takes on our nation requires a broad approach that blends drug treatment, smart law enforcement and … |
Scripps Counselor Discusses Teen Oxycontin Abuse
Prescription drugs are quickly becoming the new drug of choice for teens. Scripps addiction counselor Nancy Knott is featured in this KUSI story on how teens are finding ways to acquire Oxycontin and its addictive qualities. For more information addiction services, call 1-800-SCRIPPS or visit www.scripps.org.
Couple battered to death with baseball bat over drug debt
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'This is a perfect example that prescription drug abuse is not a victimless or a non-violent crime.' Police said Mr Ketsemidis and Miss Nelson went to Lede's home to talk about their debt when they were attacked with a bat. …
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Drug abuse killed CEO Richard Sommer
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THE chief executive of an American corporation died in a hotel room in the West End after succumbing to long-term effects of drug abuse. Richard Sommer, 50, who lived in San Francisco and worked for Rothman Healthcare, died in at the St Martin's Lane …
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