Drug Abuse: Experts to Discuss Twin Cities’ Increase in Synthetic Drug Use – Minnesota Public Radio

Experts to discuss Twin Cities’ increase in synthetic drug use – Minnesota Public Radio
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Experts to discuss Twin Cities' increase in synthetic drug use Minnesota Public Radio According to the most recent state report on drug abuse trends in the Twin Cities metro from June 2012, the Hennepin Regional Poison Center saw sharp increases of reports from 2010 to 2011 for synthetic drugs. In 2010, there were just five reported …

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Illinois Expands Prescription Monitoring Program to Help Combat Prescription … – eNews Park Forest
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Illinois Expands Prescription Monitoring Program to Help Combat Prescription … eNews Park Forest The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) has joined a national data-sharing network that will provide for greater identification and prevention of prescription drug abuse. “This expansion of our …

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D.A.R.E. to Turn Focus Away from Drugs – Opposing Views
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D.A.R.E. to Turn Focus Away from Drugs Opposing Views D.A.R.E., the national nonprofit that has promoted "Drug Abuse Resistance Education" to elementary, middle, and high school students since the early 1980s, will all but drop anti-drug material from its curriculum for younger students, according to a …

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