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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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 drug abuse an all-too familiar story
Drugs in the class include Xanax, Darvon and Ambien … Starting in January, doctors will have to run annual urine tests on patients prescribed opiates to ensure they are not taking other drugs without a prescription. This rule does not apply …
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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 in Pennsylvania and its lethal path to heroin addiction. Overdose deaths in this region and in the state are being reported at an alarming rate, and law enforcement officials …
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Gov. Haley establishes prescription drug abuse prevention council
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Governor Nikki Haley issued an Executive Order on Friday creating the Governor's Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Council to develop a comprehensive and proactive plan to fight prescription drug abuse in the state. Last May, South …
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Drug abuse: Education is the key
The NCADA, which was formed in January 1995 to advise the ministry of home affairs on measures for curbing drug abuse as well as mobilise support for government's anti-drug programmes, in it's last annual report published in October 2013 noted that the …
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Twitter can help monitor HIV risk and drug abuse, study suggests
Social media heavyweights like Twitter can potentially monitor the incidence of HIV risk and drug-use behaviors, with the potential to detect and even prevent future outbreaks. According to a study conducted by a team of researchers at UCLA's Center …
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