“Shattering the Myths Around Substance Abuse” – 2013 National Drug Facts Day
“Shattering the Myths Around Substance Abuse” – 2013 National Drug Facts Day – This video is made available as a tool for teenagers, parents, educators, and caregivers to address the subject of drug abuse. For the second year, Mentor Fo…
Pleasant Hills promotes officers, honors others for service
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Frankenfeld and Lauso are Drug Abuse Resistance Education teachers, respectively, at Pleasant Hills Middle and McClellan Elementary schools. At the middle school, police Chief Ed Cunningham recently took part in his last DARE graduation before he …
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Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
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The drug also met all its secondary goals, such as improving symptoms and lung function and reducing the need for standard drugs called beta agonists. Although far larger trials will be needed to confirm findings from the … If you see a comment that …
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Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Niles police chiefs oppose medical marijuana
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Teri Collins, foundation executive director, said the bill lets "state legislators be drug-approval agencies." Collins said the foundation uses survey data on substance abuse trends among young people to tailor its prevention efforts. "The trend in …
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Break in Iowa case leads to a Stanislaus donation
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Last September, authorities in Iowa charged a 33-year-old inmate with first-degree murder and sexual abuse in Miller's case. The suspect, already in prison on child pornography and drug convictions, allegedly told other inmates specific details about …
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