Lunch and Learn: Substance Abuse Awareness – (4 of 6)

Lunch and Learn: Substance Abuse Awareness – (4 of 6) – The Pinal County Employee Wellness Coalition hosted a “Lunch and Learn” lecture in Florence. The topic was “Substance Abuse Awareness. The guest speaker was Cindy Schaider from the Casa Grande Alliance. Schaider is a nationally recognized expert on substance abuse issues. She is responsible for getting many of the drug abuse programs inside Pinal County off the ground.

Police host take-back event amidst growing epidemic

Filed under: Arizona Drug Abuse

Ramona Sanchez, a DEA officer in Arizona, believes the reason prescription drugs are highly abused is because people aren't properly informed about the damage these drugs can potentially do to one's body. "There is a stigma among young adults and …
Read more on newszap.com

Mother of missing Arizona girl arrested again

Filed under: Arizona Drug Abuse

It's the first of what could be many cases jeopardized by a scandal at a Massachusetts drug. … PHOENIX (AP) – The mother of an Arizona girl missing for nearly a year was re-arrested in the case Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder and child …
Read more on WDAM-TV

Arpaio the last of Arizona's immigration troika

Filed under: Arizona Drug Abuse

31, with prosecutors announcing they would not file criminal charges over allegations that the sheriff and Thomas abused their offices' power. Barnes noted that Arpaio, 80, was already famous for forcing jail inmates to sleep in … Arizona remains the …
Read more on KCAU