Drug Abuse: Local Voices: Karen Pershing: Address Violence Behind Drug Abuse – Knoxville News Sentinel

Local Voices: Karen Pershing: Address violence behind drug abuse – Knoxville News Sentinel
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Local Voices: Karen Pershing: Address violence behind drug abuse Knoxville News Sentinel When continuing to dig a little deeper into this issue, the term “trauma” continues to appear in the research on women who abuse drugs. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, most females (estimates of up to 80 percent) who have substance …

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Timm Herdt: An antidote to perscription drug abuse – Contra Costa Times
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Timm Herdt: An antidote to perscription drug abuse Contra Costa Times If you answered "prescription drugs" to both questions, you have a fairly good awareness of why the federal Centers for Disease Control calls prescription drug abuse a public health epidemic. Drug overdose deaths in the United States doubled from 1999 …

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Avon Lake to host second drug abuse awareness forum – The Morning Journal
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Avon Lake to host second drug abuse awareness forum The Morning Journal AVON LAKE – Following up on the county's battle against drug abuse, Avon Lake will host its second forum on the issue at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Avon Lake Public Library. Mayor Greg Zilka made the decision to first speak out about the issue after …

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