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
A few weeks ago, I listened in disbelief as one of my patients told me about her grandson, who had been born prematurely and had been in the neonatal intensive-care unit for many weeks. Billy was diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a …
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Company proposes Darryl Strawberry center for drug and alcohol abuse
Health care company Oglethorpe Inc. of Florida filed an application this month for the substance abuse center with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The company opened the first Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center in Orlando in …
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Loneliness blamed for rise in elderly's alcohol and drug abuse
Pensioners are abusing drugs and alcohol at a “disturbing” rate and alcohol-related deaths of people over 75 are the highest recorded, a report has revealed. Experts have warned that elderly people are turning to substances to combat the “loneliness …
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