Drug Abuse: I-Team: Prescription Drug Abuse an Epidemic – ABC7Chicago.com
I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic – ABC7Chicago.com
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I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic
ABC7Chicago.com Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine … |
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Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention to Meet April 29 – Sheridan Media (press release)
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Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention to Meet April 29
Sheridan Media (press release) The Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention will be holding its next meeting next Monday to discuss the introduction of campaigns against underage drinking and drug abuse, as well as recent statistics related to these issues released by the state of … |
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Port Jervis discusses effort to combat crime, drug use – Times Herald-Record
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Port Jervis discusses effort to combat crime, drug use
Times Herald-Record About 50 attended the crime prevention seminar held at the Drew United Methodist Church, sponsored by Port Jervis' neighborhood watch, Orange County's drug and alcohol abuse council and the city's police, who said the effort is part of their overall … |
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Prescription drug abuse on the rise among teens – KAIT
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Prescription drug abuse on the rise among teens
KAIT JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Prescription drug abuse among teens has risen 33 percent since 2008, according to WebMD. It's a problem Dr. Bennett with Jonesboro Clinic says he deals with quite a bit. "Pretty often, we see several of them a week," said Bennett. |
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Are Doctors Contributing to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic?
http://www.kcet.org/shows/socal_connected/content/interview/are-doctors-contributing-to-the-prescription-drug-abuse-epidemic.html Doctors write 300 million p…