Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse, Obesity Top Health Concerns for US Youth – Medscape

Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse, Obesity Top Health Concerns for US Youth – Medscape


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Drug Abuse, Obesity Top Health Concerns for US Youth
Medscape
August 15, 2011 — Parents in the United States view obesity and drug abuse as the biggest health concerns for American kids, according to the fifth annual survey of the top 10 health concerns for kids conducted by the University of Michigan CS Mott
Drug Abuse, Obesity Top List of Kids' Health ConcernsMyHealthNewsDaily
Drug Abuse Now Equals Childhood Obesity as Top Health Concern for KidsSacramento Bee
Drug abuse and obesity rank as top two US childhood health concernsHULIQ
PR Newswire (press release) –The Epoch Times –WDIV Detroit
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Drug Abuse: Grant awarded to help TPD fight prescription drug abuse – Lexington Dispatch

Grant awarded to help TPD fight prescription drug abuse
Lexington Dispatch
The Thomasville Police Department received a grant for $ 5000 on Thursday from the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators "for outstanding work in the field of prescription drug abuse enforcement," according to a news release from the
NADDI and the C.A.R.E.S. Alliance Join Attorney General Bondi in Fight Against PR Newswire (press release)

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Drug Abuse: Federal Funding to Help Fight Drug Abuse in W.Va. – State Journal

Federal Funding to Help Fight Drug Abuse in W.Va.
State Journal
It just got a little easier for law enforcement agencies across the state to crack down on drug abuse. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, both DW.Va., announced Aug. 15 that agencies in the state will receive more than $ 100000
Senator calls for focus on drugsMartinsburg Journal
Senators announce grant money for drug controlDaily Mail – Charleston

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Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Use Has Reached Dangerously High Levels – First Coast News


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Prescription Drug Use Has Reached Dangerously High Levels
First Coast News
He said that by working in unison, the different aspects of Florida law enforcement can effectively curb the rising trend of deaths by prescription drug use. In 2010, oxycodone led all drugs – including cocaine, morphine, and alcohol – in drug-related
Oxycodone purchases are dropping in Florida as state battles prescription drug MiamiHerald.com
Oxycodone purchases are dropping in FloridaFlorida Trend
Oxycodone painkiller deaths in Florida keep climbingSun-Sentinel
North Country Gazette –Bradenton Herald
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Drug Abuse: Golden Hookah: Monkey Drug Addiction



This week’s Golden Hookah Award winner for wasteful government spending is The National Institute on Drug Abuse for spending 8873 on a study that teaches monkeys how to smoke and drink hard drugs like heroin, meth, PCP, and cocaine – then studies how the monkeys’ drug consumption varies during different phases of their menstrual cycles.

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