In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem. “I think we’re in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no …
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Twin Cities Drug Abuse Expert Reacts To Hoffman’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The news of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s untimely death sent a shock wave through social media Sunday — and re-opened the dialogue of drug abuse and addiction. Carol Falkowski is a drug and substance abuse …
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Early identification of drug abuse is so important
The Action Committee Against Narcotics launched the public consultation on the Rescue drug-testing scheme in September. It hopes the scheme [extending police powers for drug testing] will enhance early identification of drug abusers. At present …
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Task force: Tackling drug abuse in region a group effort
“We really have to take a community approach to the enormous problem,” said Middlesex District Attorney … on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options, also spoke about the involuntary drug treatment for abusers under state law Chapter 123, Section …
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Heroin Use Surges in U.S. as Drug Seen Cheap, Available: Health
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Heroin, suspected of killing actor Philip Seymour Hoffman this weekend, has for years been a forgotten drug, overtaken by abuse of prescription painkillers. Now it's back, and in a big way. Heroin-related deaths jumped 84 percent …
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