Heroin Use on the Rise, Users Younger Across SA
Heroin use on the rise, users younger across SA
"The trend by young people to use heroin in combination with other drugs, such as cocaine and dagga, remains a serious concern," Dr David Fourie, convenor of the SA National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence's (Sanca) research portfolio …
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Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a national epidemic. The use of controlled substances has increased dramatically, with prescriptions for opioids jumping more than 300 percent between 1999 and 2010. Overdose deaths increased from 4,000 annually to 16,600 …
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Alpharetta Mom Educates Community on Growing Teen Drug Abuse – NorthFulton.com
Alpharetta mom educates community on growing teen drug abuse – NorthFulton.com
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Alpharetta mom educates community on growing teen drug abuse NorthFulton.com Boccia said the platform used to educate students on drug use and abuse is weak and needs to go beyond the student and into the system. "Red Ribbon Week… Continue reading |
Drugs & Addiction : How to Help Drug Addicts
Drugs & Addiction : How to Help Drug Addicts — Helping drug addicts begins by assessing their readiness for change, as they will go through four stages of change, including pre-contemplation, contemplatio…
Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont's, and Nation's, Drug Abuse …
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Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse
Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse
Addressing prescription drug abuse is a shared responsibility for which Federal … abusing psychoactive pharmaceuticals in the past year, more than double the number in 2011. In 2012, about 1 million youth, aged 15 to 24 years, reported having …
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Heroin Epidemic Eclipses Prescription Drug Abuse in Front Royal – Northern Virginia Daily
Heroin epidemic eclipses prescription drug abuse in Front Royal – Northern Virginia Daily
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Heroin epidemic eclipses prescription drug abuse in Front Royal Northern Virginia Daily Heroin replaced abuse of prescription pills as the most serious drug problem confronting law enforcement in Front Royal, according to figures from 2013 released by… Continue reading |