Drug Abuse by Elderly Growing

Drug abuse by elderly growing
It’s not discussed a lot, but prescription drug abuse and addiction is a growing problem among the area’s elderly population, according to River Region Human Services. The Jacksonville-based nonprofit, which won a roughly $ 600,000 contract to supply substance abuse and mental health services to Baker County, has been serving seniors since 2003, some of whom …
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Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women
Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drug-addicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow prosecutors to charge a woman with an "assaultive offense or homicide" if she takes illegal narcotics during her pregnancy, if "the child is born addicted, is harmed, or dies because of the drug." The …
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LETTER: Teens should see ‘real results of drug abuse’
EDITOR: I am so glad your newspaper is covering the alcohol and drug abuse problem amongst young people in our town.
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Northern Valley parents create drug coalition
Some objectives for the coalition include reducing chronic substance abuse and drinking, as well as creating positive prevention education programs for parents and teenagers. Many of the long-term goals are modeled on the successes of the Hills-Valley …
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