Lake Forest Group Hosts 'hard-hitting' Drug Abuse Film Screening
Lake Forest group hosts 'hard-hitting' drug abuse film screening
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NORTH CHICAGO — The first Midwest airing of “Behind the Orange Curtain,” a documentary on prescription drug abuse, left the audience at Rosalind Franklin University in shocked silence this winter. In less than an hour, they watched families in Orange …
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Target Youth to Reduce Adult Prescription Abuse
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Round Table Discussion Focuses on Prescription Drug Abuse
Round table discussion focuses on prescription drug abuse
Filed under: drug addiction symptoms
Rahall decided to organize the roundtable after introducing the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the House companion measure to the Senate bill authored by Rockefeller. The bills would promote both physician and consumer …
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Residential treatment funded for young prescription drug addicts
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The state is seeking bids for 25 residential beds that would offer treatment for the first time to adults ages 18-25 battling prescription drug or opiate addiction on Long Island. Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez, commissioner of the State Office of Alcoholism …
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Council: 71 Percent of Westchester Teens Report Easy to Access to Alcohol
Council: 71 Percent of Westchester Teens Report Easy to Access to Alcohol
Filed under: drug abuse help for teens
In their print and online materials, the message is clear: Parents are the first line of defense in the battle against teen drinking and substance abuse. And talking to your children—and being aware of where they are and who they're spending time with …
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Miss India International Prerana Patel Participates in SAPNA South Asian …
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Twitter Delivers Substance Abuse Prevention Message
Twitter delivers substance abuse prevention message
Filed under: drug abuse facts
The @JohnstonSAPC account, to date, has shared resources for Rhode Islanders who want to quit smoking, as well as facts about substance abuse. One tweet, for example, noted that more than 1.41 million drivers were arrested in 2010 for driving under the …
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Bad Medicine 2.0: Are you better protected?
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Marijuana, Both Legal and Illegal, Triggers License Confusion for Doctors, Cops
Marijuana, Both Legal And Illegal, Triggers License Confusion For Doctors, Cops
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BOSTON — Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents could be at risk of losing their jobs if they use marijuana for medical relief, as government agencies work to balance the new state medical marijuana law with federal law, which says the drug is …
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Bestselling self-help author Debbie Ford has died
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