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Report: Some Gains on Substance Abuse, Mental Health – USA TODAY

Report: some gains on substance abuse, mental health – USA TODAY

Report: some gains on substance abuse, mental health
USA TODAY
The nation has a long way to go in battling mental health and substance abuse problems, but a new compilation of nationwide and state-by-state trends shows some signs of progress. For example, fewer teens are smoking and fewer teens and young adults 

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Drug Abuse – Google News

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Frederick County Community Continues Fight Against Drug Abuse – WHAG

Frederick County Community Continues Fight Against Drug Abuse – WHAG

Frederick County Community Continues Fight Against Drug Abuse
WHAG
FREDERICK , Md. – The Frederick County community is continuing their fight against drug abuse/ This week, schools and county agencies worked together to raise awareness about the realties of student drug use and how to combat it. So far in 2014, there 

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Drug Abuse – Google News

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Cowlitz County Overdose Fatality Rate Remains Among State's Highest

Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state's highest
Deaths from prescription drug abuse are dropping statewide, but not in Cowlitz County. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Heroin Abuse at 'epidemic' Level in South Florida -Drug Report

Heroin abuse at 'epidemic' level in South Florida -drug report
By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) – A high-profile law enforcement crackdown on prescription painkiller abuse in Florida has addicts turning increasingly to heroin, resulting in the highest number of overdose deaths and hospitalizations in recent years, a report on drug abuse said. Deaths from heroin – now more potent and widely available than ever – rose 89 percent statewide from 62 in 2011 … Drug… Continue reading

Vt. Drug-Abuse Film Goes National – Rutland Herald

Vt. drug-abuse film goes national – Rutland Herald

Vt. drugabuse film goes national
Rutland Herald
A poster for the Vermont drugabuse documentary “The Hungry Heart” at Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School in Townshend advertises the film's upcoming screenings throughout the state. Vermont filmmaker Bess O'Brien figured she was finished 

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Drug Abuse – Google News

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What Teens Need to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse – PR Web (Press Release)

What Teens Need to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse – PR Web (press release)

What Teens Need to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
PR Web (press release)
National Drug Facts Week was created for teens in 2010 by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, to help shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. In 2014, the awareness week runs from January 27th

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