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Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s Not What the Doctor Ordered

Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s Not What The Doctor Ordered
ATLANTA, May 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2012, “Overdose deaths involving prescription opioid analgesics, which are medications used to treat pain, have increased to almost 17,000 …
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Criminalizing Pregnant Women Who Use Illegal Drugs: 'Throwing a Lit Match'

Criminalizing pregnant women who use illegal drugs: 'Throwing a lit match'
… who use illegal drugs: 'Throwing a lit match'. Shutterstock. When the Tennessee General Assembly voted last week to criminally prosecute women who use illegal narcotics during pregnancy, it ignored, among other things, the major medical community's …… Continue reading

Know Everything About Signs of Drug Abuse and Addiction

Know everything about signs of drug abuse and addiction
Knowing the signs of drug abuse and addiction will help you with identifying problems with family and friends. Addictions are defined as a compulsive need for and use of habit-forming substance — heroine, tobacco or alcohol — characterized by well …… Continue reading

Arizona Woman Shares Overcoming Drug Addiction to Save Others – KPHO Phoenix

Arizona woman shares overcoming drug addiction to save others – KPHO Phoenix

Arizona woman shares overcoming drug addiction to save others
KPHO Phoenix
A Valley woman's dependence on drugs and alcohol nearly killed her more than once. But she overcame addition and now she's sharing her experiences to save others.… Continue reading

Arizona Woman Shares Overcoming Drug Addiction to Save Others – KPHO Phoenix

Arizona woman shares overcoming drug addiction to save others – KPHO Phoenix

Arizona woman shares overcoming drug addiction to save others
KPHO Phoenix
A Valley woman's dependence on drugs and alcohol nearly killed her more than once. But she overcame addition and now she's sharing her experiences to save others.… Continue reading

Board Honors Students for Drug Abuse Awareness

Board honors students for drug abuse awareness
DOBSON — The Surry County Board of Education at its regular meeting Monday recognized student efforts to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse. “This is the fourth year the prescription drug abuse student task force has been actively planning …
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Warrick: Limit Abuse, Not Legitimate Use, of Prescription Drugs

Warrick: Limit abuse, not legitimate use, of prescription drugs
Columbia, SC — Prescription drug abuse is a national epidemic. According to a recent report by the Trust for America’s Health, prescription drug-related deaths now outnumber those caused by cocaine and heroin combined. Fortunately, South Carolina has …
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Data on Drug Addiction?

Question by thecheapest902: data on drug addiction?
I would like to have any data on drug addiction in the world, how many percentage of its people are addicted by country.

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Community Coalition Confronts Prescription Drug Abuse

Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse …
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Community Coalition Confronts Prescription Drug Abuse

Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse …
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