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Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Abuse Persists Across Ohio – Zanesville Times Recorder

Prescription drug abuse persists across Ohio – Zanesville Times Recorder
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Prescription drug abuse persists across Ohio
Zanesville Times Recorder
Orman Hall, the director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, touted the progress made in just a couple years, noting opiate abuse had been allowed to proliferate for more than a decade before it received serious attention.
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Drug Abuse: State Update Shows Continued Problems With Prescription Drug Abuse – Radio Iowa

State update shows continued problems with prescription drug abuse – Radio Iowa
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State update shows continued problems with prescription drug abuse
Radio Iowa
Prescription drug abuse remains one of the fastest growing illegal drug problems in Iowa, but state officials are hoping increased use of a law enforcement tool will begin to reverse the trend. Dale Woolery, associate director of the Iowa Office of

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A Look at Mental Health Funding

A look at mental health funding
Filed under: dual diagnosis training

Local law enforcement go through special training to know how to deal with people suffering from mental illness. There are a variety of services that go from nonprofits, the local hospitals to for-profit institutions. Also, Schoenhofer said …
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AHIMA: Don't skimp on ICD-10 training for coders and physicians
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents to Be on the Look for

Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents To Be On The Look For
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Executive Director, Debbie Ross, urges parents to be on the lookout for drug paraphernalia in their home as Florida heroin use increases with pill prices rising. “The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has …
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Aberdeen alcohol treatment facility's future in doubt
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Drug Abuse: LGUs Urged to Implement Anti-Drug Abuse Councils

LGUs urged to implement Anti-Drug Abuse Councils
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Advance Options Attach image:  No THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has urged local government units in Eastern Visayas to strengthen the implementation of their Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Adac) which gives priority to preventive or educational program, rehabilitation or treatment of drug dependents. PDEA regional information officer Liza Baoy said all LGUs are mandated to appropriate …
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Drug Abuse: Teen Joins Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force – CBS42

Teen joins Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force – CBS42
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Teen joins Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force
CBS42
Hillman explains, "I'm sick of seeing my classmates having to go through that struggle of drug abuse and how it affects them." Hillman's job is to help the state better understand what is happening in the average high school. While the major drugs

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