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Drug Abuse: State Grant Fights Drug Abuse, Overdoses – GazetteNET

State grant fights drug abuse, overdoses – GazetteNET
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State grant fights drug abuse, overdoses
GazetteNET
The grants from the Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative Program are funded through a federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. They will be used to implement policy, practice, systems and environmental changes 

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Natural History of Illicit Drug Use ‘Surprising’ – Medscape
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Drug Abuse: Health Department Asks Doctors to Help Fight SI Prescription Drug Abuse – NY1

Health Department Asks Doctors To Help Fight SI Prescription Drug Abuse – NY1
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Health Department Asks Doctors To Help Fight SI Prescription Drug Abuse
NY1
In response to what it calls a problem of epidemic proportion on Staten Island, the New York City Health Department is asking doctors working there to help fight prescription drug abuse. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report. They are

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Drug Abuse: Area Patients, Physicians Culpable for Drug Abuse Problem – Patch.com

Area Patients, Physicians Culpable for Drug Abuse Problem – Patch.com
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Area Patients, Physicians Culpable for Drug Abuse Problem
Patch.com
Those trying to eliminate prescription drug abuse in Pickens County, as well as the deaths and injuries that such abuse cause, know that part of the problem is the demand. People are demanding painkillers for problems that would have been dealt with in

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Drug Abuse: Feedback From Social Networks Can Help Fight Drug Addiction – Borderzine

Feedback from social networks can help fight drug addiction – Borderzine
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Feedback from social networks can help fight drug addiction
Borderzine
According to SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 23.2 million people (9.4 percent of the U.S. population) aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem in 2007. Of these individuals, 2.4 million (10.4

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Teen Drug Rehab: William M. Fine, Who Helped Shape Drug Laws, Dies at 86 – New York Times

William M. Fine, Who Helped Shape Drug Laws, Dies at 86 – New York Times
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New York Times
William M. Fine, Who Helped Shape Drug Laws, Dies at 86
New York Times
At that party, Mr. Persico wrote, Mr. Fine told Rockefeller that his son had been a drug addict and that he himself yearned to do something to fight addiction. He was already chairman of Phoenix House, a drug… Continue reading

Drug Abuse: ACC Report Warns of Increasing Illicit Drug Abuse in Professional Sports – Zee News

ACC report warns of increasing illicit drug abuse in professional sports – Zee News
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ACC report warns of increasing illicit drug abuse in professional sports
Zee News
ACC report warns of increasing illicit drug abuse in professional sports Sydney: The Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2011-12 has warned of an alarming increase in the use, seizure and arrests for illicit drugs in sports
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