Drug Abuse Version 1

Published January 27, 2014

Drug Abuse Version 1 –

Meeting targets prescription drug abuse
COLUMBUS — Polk County community leaders will come together today to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug abuse, addiction to pain medication and unintentional drug overdose. The dinner meeting will take place starting at 5:30 p.m. at the …
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Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse
The 2012 Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) indicates approximately 410,000 Canadians reported abusing psychoactive pharmaceuticals in the past year, more than double the number in 2011. In 2012, about 1 million youth, …
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Spectrum, Dartmouth team up on teen drug abuse program
Under the program, Dartmouth and Spectrum Youth and Family Services will supplement out-patient counseling with a system of rewards and consequences to encourage an estimated 220 Burlington-area youths over five years to abstain from substance use …
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