Drug Abuse: State Seeks to Curb Overdose Crisis

Published May 26, 2013

State seeks to curb overdose crisis
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Officials said more New Mexicans are dying from prescription drug abuse than residents in any other state in the nation. Leaders in the medical and legal communities call it a crisis, and they're coming together to try to save lives. Authorities believe accessibility is contributing to the crisis of prescription drug use and abuse. "Young people believe because it's in mom and dad's medicine …
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OAS Unveils Report On Drug Abuse In The Americas
Filed under: Drug Abuse

WASHINGTON, May 21 (BERNAMA-NNN- MERCOPRESS) — Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza presented on Monday a report on drug abuse in the Americas to members of the OAS Permanent Council, in a special meeting of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).
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