abuse prevention

Safeguard Prescription Drugs to Stop Abuse

Safeguard Prescription Drugs to Stop Abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

When people hear about drug abuse, the image many conjure up is of back alley deals, skid row streets, and little baggies full of white powder. While those images are real, the new drug of choice is being handed out as freely as aspirin. Prescription …
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AAFP Outlines Strategies for Combating, Curtailing Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Beshear Announces Grants for State Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment

Beshear Announces Grants For State Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

Governor Steve Beshear on Wednesday announced Kentucky has received three federal grants totaling $ 6.25 million to enhance substance abuse prevention and treatment efforts over the next three years. The funding will support programs aimed at …
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Graduate of veterans drug court finds new hope

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Piedmont Students Graduate From D.A.R.E. Program

Piedmont students graduate from D.A.R.E. program

Filed under: drug abuse resistance education

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) culmination ceremony for the fifth grade students at Piedmont Valley Elementary School was held last week with 40 students participating. Special speaker was attorney and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer …
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Jamey Carter, new DARE Officer

Filed under: drug abuse resistance education

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a drug awareness program taken to the classrooms. Deputy Carter works with fifth grade students in five school districts on seven campuses including Riverside East and West and Buffalo Island Central East and …
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The Scope of the Illinois Nursing Home Anti-Psychotic Drug Problem

The Scope of the Illinois Nursing Home Anti-Psychotic Drug Problem

Filed under: Drug Abuse Illinois

Just like before, he began leading the nation in use of the drug. Subtlety was not in his protocol. Apparently, national averages suggest that about 4% of patients with schizophrenia were prescribed the drug–generic or otherwise. However, at times …
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Lawmakers urge FDA to regulate energy drinks

Filed under: Drug Abuse Illinois

Substance Abuse, Students Focus of Joint News Release

Substance abuse, students focus of joint news release

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

LITTLE FALLS — Little Falls Community Schools and Morrison County Friday released a rare joint statement discussing substance use abuse and students. The news release was issued in the wake of the double homicide of two teens — Nicholas Brady and …
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Meeting to target drug awareness

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A Mainstay of Breast Cancer Treatment, Cytotoxics Class Must Grow

A Mainstay of Breast Cancer Treatment, Cytotoxics Class Must Grow

Filed under: drug treatment centers in california

… Cancer Center, Texas Oncology/US Oncology, Dallas, TX. Despite the trend toward targeted therapies, cytotoxic drugs remain a mainstay of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treatment, and new therapies in that class are needed, according to Joyce A. O …
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Rx abuse proves local issue, too

Filed under: drug treatment centers in california