Underage Drinking & Substance Abuse Prevention

Underage Drinking & Substance Abuse Prevention – This video was created to show the effects of underage drinking and substance abuse prevention. The statistics shown are relative to the U.S.. I created this…

Kentucky ranks third in drug overdose deaths

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A new report is gives some chilling statistics about drug overdose deaths in the Tri-State. Kentucky is ranked third in the country for drug overdose deaths. The number of drug fatalities have quadrupled from 1999 to 2010. Ohio is ranked #12 in the …
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Majority of R.I.'s unintentional, fatal overdoses in 2012 involved …

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The report — the first effort by state health officials to document prescription-drug deaths — is based on an analysis of records from the state medical examiner's office that looks at the impact of prescription drugs on mortality rates in Rhode …
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It'll take 'a village' to battle heroin

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To fight prescription drug abuse there was a crackdown on doctors indiscriminately and in some cases criminally prescribing drugs, and to pharmacists dispensing them, and to street criminals obtaining it and selling them. It is still a problem in the …
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Kyrgyzstan Is the Latest Victim of the Global Heroin Trade

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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Russia is the largest single market for Afghan heroin—the UNODC estimates there are approximately 1.7 million opiate users in Russia. Because of this growing market, …. The amount of …
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