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Prescription Drug Abuse Growing in India: UN Report

Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and the problem is serious in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region's illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India's pharma industry and smuggled from Afghanistan. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent UN body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results… Continue reading

Woman Awaiting Drug Treatment Is Sentenced for Various Crimes

Woman awaiting drug treatment is sentenced for various crimes
The New Jersey Drug Court program continues to expand to meet the rise in crimes associated with drug addiction. Hunterdon County has a model drug court program and several treatment based providers to assist those defendants with substance abuse … Read more on Hunterdon County Democrat

Harford County Police Blotter
Zachary David Cochran, 23, of the 1400 block of Bannkert Terrace, was arrested on a warrant on… Continue reading

Substance Abuse Services Still Need Support

Substance abuse services still need support
AYER — Drug abuse is not just a crime, it's a health problem. That's the message spreading from Boston to Ayer, where a drug court program helps drug offenders reintegrate into society. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Substance Abuse Services Still Need Support – Nashoba Publishing

Substance abuse services still need support – Nashoba Publishing

Substance abuse services still need support
Nashoba Publishing
That's the message spreading from Boston to Ayer, where a drug court program helps drug offenders reintegrate into society. Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick announced the need to provide better treatment for substance abusers rather than imprison them.

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Drug Abuse – Google News

Sen. Bob Casey supports bill to combat prescription drug abuse in Pennsylvania –… Continue reading

OIG's 2014 Work Plan: A Roadmap to Key OIG Fraud and Abuse Priorities

OIG's 2014 work plan: a roadmap to key OIG fraud and abuse priorities
The Work Plan identifies a number of OIG initiatives that affect hospital, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, home health agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers, physicians, and prescription drugs, among others. Additional OIG … Inpatient … Read more on Lexology (registration)

Lower Providence man who had 52 heroin packets enters drug court program
A Lower Providence man discovered with 52 bags of heroin in… Continue reading

Grant Hackett Heads to US for Drug Rehab to Battle His Addiction to Stilnox … – the Daily Telegraph

Grant Hackett heads to US for drug rehab to battle his addiction to Stilnox … – The Daily Telegraph


The Independent
Grant Hackett heads to US for drug rehab to battle his addiction to Stilnox
The Daily Telegraph
The news Hackett has checked into rehab for drug addiction comes just weeks after Ian Thorpe, entered a rehabilitation program in Sydney after being found wandering the streets of southern Sydney in a confused state earlier… Continue reading