Prescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined – Christian Science Monitor

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined – Christian Science Monitor


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Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
Christian Science Monitor
More people are dying in the US from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and training by
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Marijuana in Washington: Clark County’s Prevent! works to stop drug abuse … – OregonLive.com

Marijuana in Washington: Clark County's Prevent! works to stop drug abuse
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Slow Down!,” said Chavez, 32, a drug free communities co-coordinator for Prevent!, another name for the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Clark County. Prevent! steers youngsters away from alcohol and harder drugs. But the passage of Initiative

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Local therapist says prescription drug abuse is an epidemic – WPSD Local 6

Local therapist says prescription drug abuse is an epidemic
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GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. – The Kentucky Incentives For Prevention School survey shows there has been a dramatic drop in the number of teens using prescription drugs. While that is good news, drug overdose deaths involving prescription pain killers has still 
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