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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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What Laundry Mat in Weirton WV Have Tanning Beds?

Question by Kristen Scopel: What laundry mat in Weirton WV have tanning beds?
How much is it to use them? Do they work good?

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Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Is Topic of Summit Thursday in Lower Paxton

Prescription drug abuse epidemic is topic of summit Thursday in Lower Paxton
“The Centers for Disease Control say overdose deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels,'' '' said Commissioner George P. Hartwick, who oversees the county's Drug & Alcohol Services, which is coordinating the summits …
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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs …
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Life-Saving Heroin Antidote Makes Its Way to More Families

Life-saving heroin antidote makes its way to more families
Heroin overdoses killed more than 28,000 Americans from 1996 to 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and that staggering death toll would have been even higher if not for an emergency antidote that more and more… 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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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

Human Dignity Foundation Awards Stepping Stone $32K

Human Dignity Foundation awards Stepping Stone K
Stepping Stone of San Diego, which offers a nationally acclaimed residential drug-and-alcohol-addiction treatment program to the LGBT community and people impacted by HIV/AIDS, is $ 32,000 richer thanks to two grants recently awarded by the San …
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Teen Drug Abuse Becoming an Epidemic, Must Be Addressed

Teen drug abuse becoming an epidemic, must be addressed
According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, deaths from drug overdose and abuse now exceed deaths from motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. The statistics … is the rise of prescription drug abuse.
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Teen Drug Abuse Becoming an Epidemic, Must Be Addressed

Teen drug abuse becoming an epidemic, must be addressed
According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, deaths from drug overdose and abuse now exceed deaths from motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. The statistics revealed the first time that drugs surpassed …
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