Drug Abuse: Study: Alcohol Tops Tobacco, Drug Abuse in Economic Cost to Wyoming – Casper Star-Tribune Online

Study: Alcohol tops tobacco, drug abuse in economic cost to Wyoming – Casper Star-Tribune Online
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Study: Alcohol tops tobacco, drug abuse in economic cost to Wyoming
Casper Star-Tribune Online
The UW report concluded that alcohol is more of an economic burden on society in Wyoming than tobacco or drug abuse. The study estimated that elimination of alcohol abuse would save $ 843 million a year, based on 2010 costs. Costs were for health care,

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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise – Knwa – KNWA
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Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise – Knwa
KNWA
FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in The Natural State, but Drug Take Back Days are helping get pills off the streets. "We had roughly 155 collection points throughout the state… All total, we've got about 19,000 pounds that
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FL lawmakers provide no money for drug-abuse database – HealthLeaders Media – HealthLeaders Media
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FL lawmakers provide no money for drugabuse database – HealthLeaders Media
HealthLeaders Media
TALLAHASSEE – With the clock ticking on the 2013 legislative session, lawmakers will likely adjourn without providing funding for the state's prescription drug database, which law enforcement officials say is a key tool in the fight against

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