Drug Abuse: Program Targets Drug Abuse in North Central W.Va.
Program targets drug abuse in north central W.Va.
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A new education and outreach program targeting drug abuse is launching in north central West Virginia.
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W.Va. meetings set on efforts to fight pill abuse
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Two roundtable meetings will focus on efforts to fight prescription drug abuse and trafficking in West Virginia.
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Pacific University professor joins governor's task force on prescription drug abuse
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Assistant professor Michael Millard has been named to Governor Kitzhaber's Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force.
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Teen left brain-damaged and blind after smoking synthetic marijuana she bought in a gas station!
A teenage girl has narrowly avoided death after smoking ‘synthetic marijuana’ that she bought from a gas station and suffering a series of strokes. Seventeen-year-old Emily Bauer, from Cypress, Texas, has been left with brain damage, paralysis and is unable to see after taking the synthetic weed with friends last December. Her family is now hoping to raise awareness of the dangers of the substance, which is often labelled as ‘potpourri’, while campaigners battle for stricter laws to make it illegal across the country. Fake weed, which is also known as ‘Spice’ or ‘K2’, is an herbal mixture doused with chemicals that trigger a high similar to smoking marijuana, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter