prescription drug abuse

Drug Abuse: Prescription Abuse on the Rise

Prescription abuse on the rise
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of reports this week examining prescription drug abuse in Shelby County.
{Source}

 

Drug Abuse: Arkansas Works to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse – Arkansas Business Online

Arkansas Works to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse – Arkansas Business Online
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Arkansas Works to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
Arkansas Business Online
LITTLE ROCK – Prescription drug overdoses account for about one death per day in Arkansas and state officials are working with educators, health providers and law enforcement to bring down abuse rates. Alcohol remains the most commonly abused drug
AR works to reduce prescription drug abuseKAIT

Ark.… Continue reading

Drug Abuse: Collaboration Needed to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Access Issues … – Roll Call

Collaboration Needed to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Access Issues … – Roll Call
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Collaboration Needed to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Access Issues
Roll Call
Partisanship usually gets the blame when Washington fails to muster an appropriate governmental response to the nation's challenges. But when it comes to confronting prescription drug abuse, the divide within the government is caused not by the culprit
Warrants can curb database… Continue reading

Drug Abuse: Fighting Drug Abuse in the Northeast With Music

Fighting drug abuse in the northeast with music
Filed under: Drug Abuse

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) In a step towards finding a lasting solution to the rampant problem of drug abuse in the country's northeast, a music album "7*7" featuring bands from the seven states of the region has been launched, a non-government organisation said Monday.
{Source}

 

Arkansas Works to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Arkansas Drug Director Fran Flener… Continue reading

Drug Abuse: Local Group Plans Campaign on Prescription Drug Abuse – Tuscaloosa News (Subscription)

Local group plans campaign on prescription drug abuse – Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
Filed under: Drug Abuse

Local group plans campaign on prescription drug abuse
Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
The Tuscaloosa advertising-public relations agency that put together the statewide anti-methamphetamine campaign called ZeroMeth, which ran from 2009-2012 and won national attention, is now working on a campaign targeting prescription drug abuse.

and more »

{Source}

 

Teen Drug Rehab: Teen Challenge Offers Salvation to Young Addicts – Waterloo Record

Teen Challenge offers salvation to young addicts – Waterloo Record
Filed under: Teen Drug Rehab

Teen Challenge offers salvation to young addicts
Waterloo Record
WATERLOO — For many young people struggling with substance abuse and addiction, Teen Challenge has become a life-saving program. The international faith-based rehabilitation program with locations throughout Canada held a presentation at First 

{Source}

 

Ark. works to reduce prescription drug abuse – News & Observer
Filed under: Teen Drug… Continue reading