War Against Prescription Drug Abuse May Have Fueled Heroin Use
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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Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force
18, 2010, two days before his 25th birthday, but Jason had been struggling for some time with an OxyContin addiction. Ric Torchon’s son, Jacob, was a 19-year-old student at … dispense painkillers. “Emergency rooms are one of the main portals …
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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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Dayton judge launches drug court for women
Singer is launching a drug court for women to address larger issues that are bringing more female defendants into the justice system. Singer proposed the idea after years of seeing female victims of abuse and sex trafficking return to his courtroom as …
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New council to address prescription drug abuse, over-prescribing doctors in …
Members of Gov. Nikki Haley's new prescription drug abuse task force acknowledge that other nearby states, including Georgia, Florida and Kentucky, have been tackling painkiller addiction more aggressively than South Carolina has done. "Once (other …
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Program on drinking, drug use manadatory for Silver Creek High School parents
SILVER CREEK – Parents of students who will attend Silver Creek High School in September are required to attend a program on underage drinking and drug use from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 1 in the high school auditorium. Students whose parents do not attend …
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