Law Enforcement Struggles to Control Rising Prescription Drug Abuse
Law enforcement struggles to control rising prescription drug abuse
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North Carolinians searching for answers to the state's growing drug abuse problem won't find what they're looking for in the colloquial meth lab or opium den. According to the most recent research published by the governor's crime commission in Raleigh …
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Bluegrass Beacon – A Better Response to Drug Abuse: 'Scalpel, Please'
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FRANKFORT, KY (8/19/12) – Politicians in Frankfort who still believe that government edicts can somehow or other deliver the commonwealth from the scourge of prescription drug abuse are once again approaching the issue with a butcher knife instead of a …
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Westford schools taking aim at substance abuse
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WESTFORD — School and town officials are hoping to launch a new effort to combat what they see as a rise in the number of Westford youth who are abusing drugs. Superintendent of Schools Everett "Bill" Olsen Jr. unveiled a plan at last week's School …
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Bath Salts Drug Abuse (Video) – “The man is strapped onto a gurney and restrained, yet he is singing, making faces and twitching. “You know where you’re at?” a paramedic asks him, but Freddy Sharp can’t answer. He was, he explained later, off in his own world after overdosing on synthetic drugs known as “bath salts.” “I’d never experienced anything like that,” Sharp told CNN’s Don Lemon. “It really actually scared me pretty bad.” He said he was hallucinating about being in a mental hospital and being possessed by Jason Voorhees, the character from the “Friday the 13th” movies…”.* Are bath salts turning people into zombies and cannibals leading to a recent slate of attacks? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turk.s Support The Young Turks by Subscribing bit.ly Like Us on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow Us on Twitter: twitter.com Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com
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RT @samhsagov: 40% of substance abuse treatment admissions report alcohol-drug combinations. Full report: http://t.co/yeiIDcGr (PDF) http://t.co/gDezQzna – by ali_bebe (Alison G.)
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RT @Solutions_Rcvry: Army to Start Testing for Prescription Drug Abuse http://t.co/ihjhMSn7 – by ali_bebe (Alison G.)
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Northwest Georgia First Responders: Prescription #Drug Abuse Still A Huge Problem – http://t.co/NLcdYKUP – by ondrugaddiction (Drug Addiction)