Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse in Youth

Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse in Youth
Pharmaceutical drug abuse among teens is a growing problem, especially considering that Americans between the ages of 12 and 49 who abuse prescription drugs are more likely to use heroin than others in the same age group. Prescription and over-the-counter …
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Drug Abuse Costs Employers Billion Per Year
View the photo gallery Drug Abuse in the Workplace here … “With growing advocacy, other states seem ready to follow. Mainly because of such rapid change, both of our associations believe it is time to address workplace health and safety …
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Project Lazarus aims to stop prescription drug abuse in Cabarrus
CONCORD, N.C. — Cabarrus County is experiencing an epidemic in prescription opioid drug abuse, and local nonprofits are rallying the community to fight back. Cabarrus health officials, emergency services personnel and local leaders gathered Thursday at …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 1 — Prescription Drug Abuse Part 1 (part 2 airs in Dec. 2010) What is prescription drug abuse? How big of a problem is it? A special performance by the Ohio Stat…

EDITORIAL: Improve drug treatment, prevention efforts
Northwest Indiana, like everywhere else, needs to put more focus on drug abuse treatment, not just incarceration. No one knows this more than Sharon Mortenson of the PACT criminal justice program. Eight years ago, she had trouble finding a drug …
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Mississippi will begin drug testing TANF recipients
Applicants deemed at risk of substance abuse would then be required to take a drug test. Testing positive once would require a TANF recipient to undergo treatment for substance abuse; testing positive a second time would get a recipient booted from the …
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