Drug Abuse: Substance-Abuse Nonprofit Downsizes Amid Financial Struggle – Monitor

Substance-abuse nonprofit downsizes amid financial struggle – Monitor
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Substanceabuse nonprofit downsizes amid financial struggle
Monitor
THE ISSUE: The South Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse has faced major financial struggles for about a year. In November, the employees were paid late and STCADA's future was unknown. THE LATEST: STCADA will no longer receive state

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Tshwane Community Educated on Drug Abuse – AllAfrica.com
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Tshwane Community Educated on Drug Abuse
AllAfrica.com
Tshwane — An intensive drug awareness campaign was recently launched in Winterveld to address the spate of drug abuse in the area. A multi-disciplinary team including government departments, civil society organisations and individual members of the

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Treating addiction as a public health issue, not a crime – Houston Chronicle (blog)
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Houston Chronicle (blog)

Treating addiction as a public health issue, not a crime
Houston Chronicle (blog)
The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers. Nowhere is the problem more apparent than Houston, where the renowned medical center area has become “a national hotspot for prescription drug abuse,” according to
US on Alert for Canadian DrugsWall Street Journal
Prescription drugs a gateway to heroinWashington Examiner
Law enforcement officers to attend drug diversion summitWGCL Atlanta

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Illinois Joins Network to Track Prescription Drug Use – KMOX.com
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KMOX.com

Illinois Joins Network to Track Prescription Drug Use
KMOX.com
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois medicine-monitoring program has joined a national data-sharing network to help prevent prescription drug abuse. The Department of Human Services will link its prescription monitoring program to a National
Illinois Expands Prescription Monitoring Program to Help Combat Prescription eNews Park Forest

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“Pain Killers Only Cause More Pain”


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