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Getting the Fix: Prescription Drug Abuse and Prevention in Nevada Outlined

Getting the fix: Prescription drug abuse and prevention in Nevada outlined

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Getting the fix: Prescription drug abuse and prevention in Nevada outlined. By Wheeler Cowperthwaite [email protected]. Email Print · Copyright 2012 Nevada Appeal. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or …
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Regional substance abuse prevention agency hosts walkathon

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SERAC is a non-profit organization that assists prevention efforts in 20 towns in southeastern Connecticut and aims to reduce substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. For information about the organizations or the walkathon, contact the office at …
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Bay Area Alliance Prescription Drug Advisory Committee Makes a Difference

Bay Area Alliance Prescription Drug Advisory Committee makes a difference

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Prescription drug abuse is on the rise throughout the United States and has become especially troublesome in the greater Houston area. “This initiative is so important because it keeps these potentially dangerous medications out of the reach of …
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Officials seek way to track 'pill mills' [Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.]

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Prescription Drug Abuse Falling Among Young Adults: Survey

Prescription Drug Abuse Falling Among Young Adults: Survey

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Peter Delany, director of the administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, said the reduction in use by young adults appears to reflect rising awareness of prescription drug abuse by parents and health care providers. “I think it's a welcome …
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Survey: Prescription drug abuse falling among young adults

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COMMUNITY COMMENT: You Can Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

COMMUNITY COMMENT: You can help prevent prescription drug abuse

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Those are valid concerns, yet we need to alert parents of a parallel drug problem that also has taken root in Indiana and plagues Hoosier families: abuse of drugs that are legal with a prescription. Unfortunately our state is caught up in a national …
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Lawyer: Theft suspect has drug addiction

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Carlsbad Teen Offers Unique Perspective on Drug Addiction and Advice for

Carlsbad Teen Offers Unique Perspective on Drug Addiction and Advice for

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Pernille Kruse reached out to Carlsbad Patch in September to talk about how a drug recovery program helped her deal and better understand her teen-aged son's [whose name is not being used at her request] issues with drug addiction. Carlsbad Mother of …
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Teen Mom Shockers: Homelessness, Drug Abuse, Televised Weddings & Who's

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Moffat County News Roundup for Sept. 29, 2012: National Prescription Drug Take

Moffat County news roundup for Sept. 29, 2012: National Prescription Drug Take

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The event is taking place in partnership with National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which began to address concerns with prescription drug abuse among teenagers, according to a police department news release. Between 2010 and … Northwest Colorado …
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Ohio survey shows few issues with problem gambling before casino openings

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