Short Documentary About Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 12, 2013

Short Documentary About Prescription Drug Abuse – In the addiction process, people find that they slowly begin to lose touch with their values and morals. In search for a fix, their lives slowly dwindle into…

Report: States Lax In Taking Steps To Curb Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

In a new report, 'Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic,' researchers at the Trust for America's Health found that rates of overdose and addiction doubled since 1999 in most states. In West Virginia — the state with the highest …
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Federal agents make big drug arrest

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Doyle asked the court to jail Allen until her trial on the grounds that she is addicted to crack cocaine, has been using the drug for two decades and was only recently released from inpatient substance abuse treatment …
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DARE being brought back to LaPorte schools

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

The city, with help from proceeds raised by a concert by country music superstar Clint Black last December, trained police officers to teach students through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. Officer Pat Hemphill is the lead DARE officer …
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