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Reducing HIV Transmission Among Drug Injectors Lowers AIDS Mortality in Heterosexuals

Reducing HIV transmission among drug injectors lowers AIDS mortality in heterosexuals
A recent study sheds light on the pathways connecting HIV epidemics in different populations, concluding that programs for people who use drugs — like syringe exchange, HIV counseling and testing, and drug abuse treatment — are associated with subsequent lower rates of AIDS incidence and death among heterosexuals. The study also highlights a link between racial/ethnic residential segregation … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Clark Anti-Drug Program Gets Statewide Attention

Clark anti-drug program gets statewide attention
Ohio’s death rate from overdoses has jumped 440 percent since 1990, driven largely by prescription and multiple-drug abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Officials in Ringwood and Wanaque take steps to stop drug abuse
In the wake of another recent death suspected to be from heroin, local educators and law-enforcement officials continue to take steps to quell the rising tide of drug abuse among young adults in… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse Is Foe We Can Beat

Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat
Throughout Tennessee, there is much that we can do to fight the epidemic of prescription drug abuse. But communities must embrace the fight. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Pills, Heroin Change Drug War in Henderson County

Pills, heroin change drug war in Henderson County
The war on drugs is changing, and officers cringe at what they see on the horizon. A rise in prescription drug abuse has fed an increase in overdoses, but as pills become more expensive, heroin has reared its head. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

DEA Using Texting to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

DEA using texting to fight prescription drug abuse
ATLANTA — A pharmacy tech who makes $ 12 an hour but drives a Mercedes. A rumor that a pharmacist may… Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

White House drug policy adviser plans Mass. talk – News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is set to join President Barack Obama's drug czar in Massachusetts to discuss ways of curbing fatalities caused… Continue reading

White House Drug Policy Adviser Plans Mass. Talk

White House drug policy adviser plans Mass. talk
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is set to join President Barack Obama's drug czar in Massachusetts to discuss ways of curbing fatalities caused by prescription drug abuse and an epidemic of heroin deaths this year.         Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Significant increase in overdoses involving heroin in Kentucky, research finds
Emergency department overdose visits involving heroin climbed 197… Continue reading