Let’s start from school and home
Sin Chew Daily In his message for the Anti-Drug Day 2014, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that the country has spent RM8.65 billion through direct and indirect costs to tackle problems relating to illicit drug use over the past 31 years. If the drug abuse problem can be addressed, the costs could then […] Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Feds launch tip line for prescription drug abuse
ATLANTA (AP) – Federal authorities are launching a prescription drug abuse tip line in Georgia to allow pharmacy industry professionals and members of the public to make anonymous reports. The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday announced the launch of the statewide tip line. It will allow tipsters to … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Hen-Hud holds heroin, prescription drug abuse forum
In response to a growing number of heroin and other drug abuse fatalities, Hendrick Hudson schools Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter and Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi are holding a workshop on "Prescription Drugs and Heroin: What Our Community Needs to Know to Stay Safe." The forum, set for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Hendrick Hudson High School, 2166 Albany Post Road, Montrose, is geared to … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
As heroin problems surge, states expand access to overdose reversal drug
Bills to expand access to a drug reversing heroin overdoses passed in two state Senates this week, in what appears to be a national rush to tackle a heroin addiction problem whose abysmal toll on communities, from sleepy New England villages to high-octane cities alike, has become apparent. In Ohio, the Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to allow physicians to prescribe the overdose … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results