heroin abuse

How Do I Handle My Mom’s Addiction?

Question by MissLadyAngel: How do I handle my mom’s addiction?
This may sound strange, but here goes. Ever since the beginning of summer, everyday my mom watches that show all my children. She wakes up and goes online on an all my children message board. Most of the day she… Continue reading

I Need to Find a Drug Rehab for My Sister Who Is in Albany, Oregon. Help, Please.?

Question by adriana p: I need to find a drug rehab for my sister who is in Albany, Oregon. Help, please.?
She’s gotten addicted to drugs, and from what I hear from our common friends there, it’s gotten way out of hand. I already talked to her on the phone… Continue reading

5 of 8 – Wastewater Treatment Careers (Operations)

5 of 8 – Wastewater Treatment Careers (Operations) — There are exciting career opportunities in water and wastewater operations. This segment features wastewater treatment careers, most commonly discussed as wa…


Macomb County leads state in fatal heroin overdoses
Death from heroin abuse has crushed hundreds of Macomb County families over… Continue reading

VIDEO: Community Group Seeks to Eliminate Prescription Abuse

VIDEO: Community group seeks to eliminate prescription abuse
"Our goal as private citizens is to empower patients who are legitimate patients, who desire and deserve legitimate pain care, to fight the problem of prescription drug diversion and abuse,” Radcliffe said. He said pain care patients will undergo a …
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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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Drug Abuse

Drug abuse
It is Friday after noon in Canada and I’m taking my lunch sitting beside my colleagues having a casual read of my favourite Greater Kashmir. The moment I turned the cover page and got a glance on the news item,” campaign against drug abuse …
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Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 Column: Safe Disposal of Medications Helps Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Safe disposal of medications helps combat prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a concern nationally and in Sheboygan County. It is a community problem that affects all of us. You may be aware of the recent news regarding the heroin epidemic which is… Continue reading

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 Column: Safe Disposal of Medications Helps Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Safe disposal of medications helps combat prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a concern nationally and in Sheboygan County. It is a community problem that affects all of us. You may be aware of the recent news regarding the heroin epidemic which is… Continue reading

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 Column: Safe Disposal of Medications Helps

Healthy Sheboygan County 2020 column: Safe disposal of medications helps
In fact, Wisconsin recently passed legislation to assist with the heroin abuse issue and prescription drug/substance abuse prevention. There are many community partners working together as part of statewide and local … For more general information on …
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Doctor Testifies on Behalf of Heroin-Addicted Burglary Suspect Trying to Use Drug Abuse in Insanity Defense

Doctor testifies on behalf of heroin-addicted burglary suspect trying to use drug abuse in insanity defense
Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, above, testified Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court to say heroin abuse should be used as part of insanity defense. Longtime smack addicts can have brain damage… Continue reading