Cardinal Health Foundation Accepting Applications for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Grants

Cardinal Health Foundation Accepting Applications for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Grants
DUBLIN, Ohio, March 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Cardinal Health Foundation is inviting non-profit organizations in 18 U.S. locations and Puerto Rico to apply for grant funding to support local efforts to prevent the abuse and misuse of …
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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 the switch to …
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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 …
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EDITORIAL: Curb prescription drug abuse to prevent heroin nightmare
No one can dispute the far-reaching effects of prescription drug abuse and its lethal path to heroin addiction. Overdose deaths are being reported at an alarming rate, and law enforcement officials are challenged with stopping the scourge.
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Editorial: NJ drug addiction study underscores deadly problem facing state
Starting with the first sentence of its report on a two-year study of New Jersey's drug problems, the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse doesn't mince words. “The skyrocketing use of heroin and other opiates has become the number one …
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Foundation awarded grant to study best ways to treat pain, combat drug abuse
It's all in an effort to decrease opioid and prescription drug abuse in West Virginia, and will be created under the leadership of consultant Dr. Jeannie Sperry, who was recently named pain psychologist and clinical director at the Mayo Clinic in …
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HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH
Srinagar, Mar 23: Manifold increase in drug abuse among youth in Kashmir has set the alarm bells ringing with experts stressing for collective efforts to check the menace. Massive rush of patients at the de-addiction centres in SMHS and Police Control …
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