prescription drug abuse

Drug-Use Epidemic Plagues Community – Tribune-Review

Drug-use epidemic plagues community – Tribune-Review

Druguse epidemic plagues community
Tribune-Review
Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission Inc. shed light on the epidemic plaguing the community on Monday when it presented Prescription Drug Abuse: The Cost of Getting High at Connellsville Area Senior High School. The program featured drug 

Drug Abuse – Google News

Ela Coalition celebrates 2 years fighting substance abuse – Lake Zurich Courier

Drug Rehab in Florida, Destination Hope, Sees Truth in Report on Legal Drug Abuse

Drug Rehab in Florida, Destination Hope, Sees Truth in Report on Legal Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse fatalities are now more prevalent than those from illegal drugs. (PRWeb October 30, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11282419.htm Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Drug-use epidemic plagues community
By Cindy Ekas, Daily Courier Forty-two Fayette County residents died of heroin and prescription opiate overdoses last year, and as many as 50 people could lose their… Continue reading

Schuette Prescription Drug abuse.JPG – Mlive Kalamazoo

schuette prescription drug abuse.JPG – Mlive Kalamazoo


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Mlive Kalamazoo
The summit is designed to help develop new responses to what Schuette called an "epidemic" of prescription drug abuse, which he said affects an additional 6,600 people a day – and one third of those are kids 12-17. "There are thousands and thousands of 
Michigan Summit Tackles Issue of Prescription Drug AbuseWILX-TV

Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Held… Continue reading

One in 10 Older Teens Misuse Painkillers, Sedatives

One in 10 older teens misuse painkillers, sedatives
With prescription drug abuse at epidemic levels nationwide, and overdoses killing more people than auto accidents in many states, a new study provides striking new data about the misuse of potent prescription painkillers and sedatives by teens and young adults. In all, 10.4 percent of the teens and young adults treated in the emergency room for any reason admitted to misusing a prescription … Drug Abuse –… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Happening in Lansing

Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Happening in Lansing
A prescription drug abuse summit is taking place in Lansing, in an attempt to generate ideas that will curb the problem in Michigan. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

ER study finds 1 in 10 older teens misuse Rx painkillers & sedatives
( University of Michigan Health System ) With prescription drug abuse at epidemic levels nationwide, and overdoses killing more people than auto accidents in many… Continue reading

State Groups Get Funding to Fight Substance Abuse – Charleston Gazette

State groups get funding to fight substance abuse – Charleston Gazette

State groups get funding to fight substance abuse
Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several community organizations are getting federal funding to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth in West Virginia. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, both D-W.Va., say the groups are sharing more than 
Federal Funding Announced to Help W.Va. Combat Substance AbuseWSAZ-TV

Drug-Free Communities grant program money comes… Continue reading