Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force Makes Progress

Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
Around 30 individuals meet every Thursday night in Lafayette in order to gain support and healing in battling an addiction. Ironically, some of these people initially contracted their illness from someone they went to for help: their doctor. Narcotics …
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Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
NORMAN — Oklahoma pharmacies filled nearly 10 million prescriptions for narcotic painkillers and other controlled … painkillers eventually switch to street heroin. “We’re learning that it’s become a gateway drug to heroin,” said Mullins, …
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This Is America’s Fastest-Growing Drug Problem
but the war on illicit drugs and general drug abuse continues to be one such instance where there’s no clear victory in sight. According to a National Drug Threat Survey (link opens a PDF) conducted by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the use of …
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Tanzania: This Drug Abuse Must Stop
IN yesterday’s sister paper, the ‘Sunday News,’ we published a story on the rise of cases of shockingly cruel acts, including murder and sexual abuse in the country, which mental health and psychology experts link to increased use and abuse of narcotic …
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