Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis
About 4,000 Vermonters are in drug treatment for opiates, such as Oxycontin and heroin. Since the year 2000, Vermont has seen nearly an 800 percent increase in opiate drug abuse. “It’s an illness we need to treat, talk about and stop being afraid of …
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Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse has become a national epidemic. The use of controlled substances has increased dramatically, with prescriptions for opioids jumping more than 300 percent between 1999 and 2010. Overdose deaths increased from 4,000 annually to 16,600 …
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Minister Ambrose Co-Hosts Symposium on Prescription Drug Abuse
The symposium, co-hosted and moderated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), focused on identifying actions to address prescription drug abuse under the three action plans of the National Anti-Drug Strategy: prevention, treatment …
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Drug abuse screening bill OK’d by Indiana House
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A contentious bill to screen welfare recipients for drug abuse and limit residents to buy only “nutritional” foods with food stamps is moving forward. State representatives voted 71-22 in favor of the bill Tuesday. The bill would …
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Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use
By Sarah Peters. New data linking severe mental illness and substance use could lead to more effective and streamlined treatment options for clinicians and patients, according to a leading expert in psychiatry and addiction issues. The Washington …
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Bay Village PTA's parent pledge to fight substance abuse draws hundreds to …
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — More than 420 individuals and couples already have signed on to the Bay Village PTA's parent pledge to fight substance abuse. It's a promise never to condone alcohol or drug use by children, to become actively involved in children …
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