Drug Abuse: Task Force Created to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse

Drug Abuse: Task force created to tackle prescription drug abuse
NORTHPORT — Maine’s governor and attorney general plan to form a task force to fight prescription drug abuse. Attorney General William Schneider announced the decision Tuesday at the end of a day-long summit focusing on the expanding problem of painkiller addiction in the state.
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Drug Abuse: Students rally against drug abuse
They hope to raise awareness of the drug problem in the Northeast Arkansas area.
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Drug Abuse: Higgins, Kennedy Take Action to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse
Congressman, Senator join Avi and Julie Israel, other local advocates to encourage Western New Yorkers to fight the epidemic.
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Drug Abuse: Coalition Against Drug Abuse and Clay County Hospital sponsoring RX/OTC takeback in Louisville
It’s time for some fall housekeeping. Bring your unneeded prescription (RX) and Over the Counter (OTC) drugs to the Drug Takeback Program, hosted by Clay County CADA (Coalition Against Drug Abuse) and Clay County Hospital, this Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m to 12 p.m. at the North Clay Banking Center in Louisville. RX and OTC drugs are becoming recognized as more and more of a threat, due to …
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Drug Abuse: Addiction, Drugs and Crime: Transforming Our Strategy
My first exposure to the emerging science of addiction was provided in the late 1990s by Alan Leshner, then director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), who gave a presentation which featured color slides of PET scans of the human brain
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