To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse, Involve the School and Family

To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse, Involve the School and Family
The illegal use of prescription drugs is on the rise, but efforts to stop prescription drug abuse through legislation and policing have proven ineffective. New research may offer some keys to solving this problem. As more people misuse prescription drugs …
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Hen-Hud holds heroin, prescription drug abuse forum
In response to a growing number of heroin and other drug abuse fatalities, Hendrick Hudson schools Superintendent Joseph Hochreiter and Cortlandt Supervisor are holding a workshop on “Prescription Drugs and Heroin: What Our Community Needs to …
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Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat
Consider these alarming statistics: In 2010, on average, for each adult across our state, 51 pills of hydrocodone … Throughout Tennessee, there is much that we can do to fight the epidemic of prescription drug abuse. First, we must educate …
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Students learn about synthetic, prescription drug problem via 'Deceptive
"Prescription drug abuse is one of the top killers of our young people today and synthetic drugs are packaged for our children, made to be attractive to our children," said Weirich. In the past two years, Weirich and other Tennessee district attorney's …
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Saline woman who lost son to heroin overdose starts Facebook campaign
Ray spoke about her son Monday night during the initial meeting of the Saline Community Addiction Task Force, a group put together by community leaders seeking to combat the rising tide of drug abuse. Ray told task force members she is still in a state …
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