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Drug Abuse Will Take Community-Wide Solution – Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

Drug abuse will take community-wide solution – Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

Drug abuse will take community-wide solution
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
The panel discussion at Dodgeland School talked about a rising concern: prescription drug abuse that often leads to heroin addiction. Klodowski admitted that someone abusing prescriptions often doesn't seem like the stereotypical drug addict. “A drug
Dodge Co. leaders say heroin use linked to increase in crimesWMTV


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The Government Is Right to Crack Down on Prescription Opioid Abuse – Washington Post

The government is right to crack down on prescription opioid abuse – Washington Post


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The government is right to crack down on prescription opioid abuse
Washington Post
SOMETIMES IT takes a celebrity's death to galvanize attitudes about a drug epidemic that has already ruined, or ended, the lives of many lesser-knowns. So it was when University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias died from a cocaine overdose in 1986.
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Local College Holds Forum on Drug Abuse and Addiction – WXXA

Local College holds forum on drug abuse and addiction – WXXA

Local College holds forum on drug abuse and addiction
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ALBANY, N.Y. –The Albany College of Pharmacy will hold a forum to raise awareness of drug addiction and drug abuse on Tuesday. A timely meeting, after Attorney General Eric Holder said the increase of deaths related to the drug is "Urgent and growing 

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LePage Wants to Add 22 State Jobs to Fight Drug Trafficking – Bangor Daily News

LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking – Bangor Daily News


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LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking
Bangor Daily News
Bennett pointed to DHHS' ongoing efforts to address the problem, including the formation in 2012 of a task force that now includes more than 70 health care professionals, substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery providers, DHHS staff and others.
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Questions Remain About Whether Doctors Can Curb Children’s Drug Use – NPR (Blog)

Questions Remain About Whether Doctors Can Curb Children’s Drug Use – NPR (blog)


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Questions Remain About Whether Doctors Can Curb Children's Drug Use
NPR (blog)
"When there is a lack of evidence, doctors must use their clinical experience and judgment, and many clinicians may choose to talk with an adolescent to prevent or discourage risky behaviors, such as drug use," USPSTF member Susan Curry said in a 
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Doctors Form Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force – Daily Local News

Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force – Daily Local News

Doctors form prescription drug abuse task force
Daily Local News
HARRISBURG – Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced the formation of a multi-specialty physician panel to address the problem. Dr. David Talenti, vice chair of the 
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