abuse prevention

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is… Continue reading

Can You Name 5 Movies That Deal With Mental Illness?

Question by janisjoplinrocks: can you name 5 movies that deal with mental illness?

Best answer:

Answer by Ozgard
No.

Answer by Sunny White Bunny
Fight Club
Forest Gump
The one w/ Halle Berry
Girl Interupted
………..that’s it 🙁

Heroin use, deaths, on the rise in Nevada
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Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is… Continue reading

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is… Continue reading

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is… Continue reading

Oklahoma Prosecutor Puts Drug Abuse Video Online

Oklahoma prosecutor puts drug abuse video online
A prosecutor in northeastern Oklahoma is making available online a video that highlights trends in student drug and alcohol abuse. District Attorney Janice Steidley says the video is for anyone who wants to use it to raise awareness in classroom …
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Curbing Drug Abuse, the Focus of the Center’s March 2014 Policy Snapshot

Curbing Drug Abuse, the Focus of The Center’s March 2014 Policy Snapshot
While medications provide essential relief to many in need – including cancer patients, mothers in labor, and children with fractured bones – the downside is that they can also be abused. Curbing drug abuse has taken on heightened… Continue reading

Medication Education

Medication Education
Prescription drug abuse is overlooked but dangerous, constituting the second most abused drug group in adolescents. In 2008, prescription drug abuse killed more people than heroin and cocaine abuse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Drug Abuse Dangerous – No Matter Where You Are

Drug abuse dangerous – no matter where you are
RECENT reports of alleged drug abuse by Singaporeans overseas (“S’porean dies after collapsing at drug-hit Jakarta concert”, Tuesday; and “Six dead after drug overdose at KL music fest”, Sunday) are reminders that drug abuse is dangerous. The National …
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War Against Prescription Drug Abuse May Have Fueled Heroin Use

War against prescription drug abuse may have fueled heroin use
Some in the field of drug addiction are saying the U.S. government’s fight against prescription drug abuse may be causing the rise in heroin use. The crack down on pill mills, and making prescription narcotics harder to access is fueling… Continue reading