Warrick: Limit Abuse, Not Legitimate Use, of Prescription Drugs

Warrick: Limit abuse, not legitimate use, of prescription drugs
Columbia, SC — Prescription drug abuse is a national epidemic. According to a recent report by the Trust for America’s Health, prescription drug-related deaths now outnumber those caused by cocaine and heroin combined. Fortunately, South Carolina has …
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Teen substance abuse is the new ‘normal,’ school counselor says
Citing statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse — which annually surveys students in grades 8, 10 and 12 — Lechner said alcohol use has decreased 10 to 15 percent since 2003, while marijuana use has increased 200 percent. Many parents also …
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Cromwell 5th-graders take drug abuse lessons to heart at DARE graduation
CROMWELL >> They took the dare and emerged as winners. And Thursday afternoon, in front of scores of their parents and a number of town officials, nearly 160 Woodside Intermediate School fifth-graders graduated from the DARE program. Several speakers …
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Prescription Drug Abuse PSA — I designed this as part of my final project in my humanities class. Prescription drug abuse is an issue that is affecting millions of Americans and, just as …

State senator leads drug talk
WEIRTON – State Sen. Robert "Rocky" Fitzsimmons, D-Wheeling, asked the many attending a meeting Thursday of Advocates for Substance Abuse Prevention for input in dealing with the illegal drug problem and got an earful. Various officials from Brooke …
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Fighting our drug abuse problem goes beyond arrests
While I wholeheartily believe that this is a step in saving our community from the evils of the drug world, I also believe it to be only a small fraction of the resources and solution to a enormous problem in this area. I know that as a parent I am …
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