Drug Abuse: Softball Event Raises Funds to Fight Substance Abuse – Stevenspointjournal

Softball event raises funds to fight substance abuse – Stevenspointjournal
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Softball event raises funds to fight substance abuse
Stevenspointjournal
Besides raising money during a day of games and family fun activities, a softball benefit held Saturday also helped to raise awareness in the community that substance abuse is an issue in the area. “There's a problem in our community with substance

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Extended-Release Hydromorphone May Mitigate Drug Abuse – Pain Medicine News
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Extended-Release Hydromorphone May Mitigate Drug Abuse
Pain Medicine News
NEW ORLEANS—Rates of abuse, misuse and diversion of the opioid hydromorphone have decreased since the introduction of an extended-release formulation of the drug in March 2010, according to a poster presentation at the 2013 annual meeting of the 

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Action team targets children’s drug use – Toledo Blade
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Action team targets children's drug use
Toledo Blade
With Sylvania Township Fire Chief Jeffrey Kowalski at the head of the Sylvania Community Action Team's executive board, the organization will concentrate on sustaining its programs and alerting parents to the reality of drug use in Sylvania. Chief

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National Council on Drug Abuse backs smoking ban – Jamaica Observer
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National Council on Drug Abuse backs smoking ban
Jamaica Observer
THE National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has put its full support behind the Government's ban on smoking in public places, which will take effect today. Executive director of the NCDA, Michael Tucker, said the organisation "commends the Minister of 

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