Editorial: Curb Prescription Drug Abuse to Prevent Heroin Nightmare
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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Teen drug abuse becoming an epidemic, must be addressed
For years, I have been witness to the increasing availability of drugs to teenagers in the U.S. I have gone on the air and in print calling for … We’ve become too relaxed on the flow of these drugs. Let me tell you a story that happened …
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Wendy Williams Talks Obesity & Drug Abuse On Centric’s ‘Being’
Wendy Williams’ personality of detailing celebrity gossip has led to an array of business ventures including her successful daytime talk show, “The Wendy Williams Show.” The 49-year-old’s journey to becoming the “Queen of All Media …
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Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse
As even quaint New England towns deal with desperate residents chasing their next hit of heroin, pain killers or other hard drugs, and with overdose deaths increasing, officials trying to stem drug abuse have begun to focus more on treatment …
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Prescription drugs abuse in NRL 'widespread', says club doctor
The NRL's chief operating officer, Jim Doyle, concedes there's anecdotal evidence that prescription drugs are being abused by players but no sanctions will be imposed in 2014 for those that test positive. The NRL reached agreement with the Rugby League …
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Federal Government Signs Off On Study Using Marijuana To Treat Veterans' PTSD
The proposal from the University of Arizona was long ago cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, but researchers had been unable to purchase marijuana from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The agency's Mississippi research farm is the only …
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Staten Island DA Donovan, others, call for City Hall attention to Rx drug abuse
CITY HALL – Staten Island's prescription drug abuse epidemic isn't going away – and neither should the city's task force on the issue, according to District Attorney Daniel Donovan. "As the country, the city, and particularly Staten Island, confronts a …
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