Confronting Addiction: New England States Fight Drug Abuse in Different Ways

Confronting addiction: New England states fight drug abuse in different ways
“What I can tell you is that we’ve been trying the singular path of … approach of increasing diversion programs and education opportunities for people with drug-addiction problems. “This is just a continuation of the tough-on-crime rhetoric that we …
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Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
“We’re learning that it’s become a gateway drug to heroin,” said Mullins, the governor’s attorney. The danger of rising heroin use made headlines recently when actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent overdose. Authorities said they found …
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This Is America’s Fastest-Growing Drug Problem
The truth of the matter is that prescription drug abuse is a very real and very serious problem, at least in the eyes of law enforcement agencies around the country … Notable steps have been taken to help curb the illegal use of prescription …
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Hilton Head High trying to combat student drug–abuse problems
Hilton Head Island High School is searching students and checking their hall passes more closely after several became ill after taking a combination of a prescription drug and a cold-and-cough medicine. The drugs are Xanax and Coricidin, according to …
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Chief Lansdowne's fatally flawed fix for drug abuse
The drug-overdose death last weekend of the marvelously talented actor Philip Seymour Hoffman highlighted the fact that heroin abuse has increased dramatically in recent years across the nation. A report released this week by county officials …
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