Drug Abuse: Study: Kindergarten Behavior Can Predict Later Drug Abuse – 89.3 KPCC (Blog)

Study: Kindergarten behavior can predict later drug abuse – 89.3 KPCC (blog)
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89.3 KPCC (blog)

Study: Kindergarten behavior can predict later drug abuse
89.3 KPCC (blog)
Maya Sugarman/KPCC. A new study by Canadian social scientists finds boys who display anti-social behavior in kindergarten will likely abuse drugs later in life — unless they receive intensive intervention in their "tween" years. The study began in

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AG launches drug abuse website – WISH
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AG launches drug abuse website
WISH
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The state's attorney general is launching a new website that he says will help fight an epidemic of prescription drug abuse in Indiana. The state department of health says around 700 people in Indiana died of prescription drug 

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To Reduce Overdose Deaths, Report Calls for More Drug Abuse Treatment – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

To Reduce Overdose Deaths, Report Calls for More Drug Abuse Treatment
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
An important new report states that there is a lack of available treatment for heroin and prescription drug abuse. Fortunately, there are a few certified drug treatment centers such as South Florida's Harbor Village where abusers can seek the

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Combating Substance Abuse in Lexington Part 4: Heroes in the Face of Heroin … – SurfKY News
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Combating Substance Abuse in Lexington Part 4: Heroes in the Face of Heroin
SurfKY News
“We were doing a good job of curbing the prescription drug abuse problem mainly by removing access,” she said. “We were getting the pills off the streets so to speak. So, those users, those people that were addicted to opiates through prescription drug

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