 Newport,Pennsylvania Township police arrest three after discovering meth lab.
Newport,Pennsylvania Township police have arrested three people on drug charges following the discovery of a ...
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Utah state officials propose drug-testing in workplace.
SALT LAKE CITY,Utah -- A proposed drug-testing program for state employees would be narrowly focused ...
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Major police operation ends in drugs haul.
Police in Medway,England believe they have effectively taken out a suspected major drugs network.
The ...
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Conference focuses on link between diversity and drug abuse
Acting as a seeming counterbalance to the notorious debauchery of Spring Break, today's Seventh Annual ...
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The fight against drug addiction
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has introduced a program that would fund acupuncture detoxification and prescription ...
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Police arrest ex-Heartland doctor on drug charge
A former Heartland Regional Medical Center doctor was arrested late Tuesday for possessing a drug ...
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Woman sentenced for helping drug ring
The former co-owner of a nonprofit company that helped Hawai'i residents resolve their credit problems ...
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Their child was abducted - by drug addiction
A father walks into his son's room. He looks around at the stuff teen-age boys ...
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Drugs Cocaine
Sat, 03/15/03
Cocaine is now top street drug
by Claire Connolly Doyle
DRUG squad members ...
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Teaching the dangers of drug addiction
It's not always easy for parents to admit they need to learn more about illegal ...
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Concerned parents look at drug abuse
About 60 parents got an eye-opening education Tuesday on what their kids might be doing ...
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Drug addiction is a state of physical or psychological dependence on a drug.
In recent years, over 8 million Americans aged 12 or older reported driving while under the influence of illegal drugs.
The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration announced in April that OxyContin may have played aroll in 464 deaths across the contry in 2000.
Alcohol, in combonation with another substance was the most abused mood-altering substance in the year 2000.
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The fight against drug addiction
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has introduced a program that would fund acupuncture detoxification and prescription of buprenorphine to curb a growing heroin-addiction problem, the Boston Herald reported March 20. "Substance abuse is a human issue. It's our sister, our brothers, our cousins, our neighbors," said Menino. "We're all in this together."
In the past two years in the city, heroin-related hospitalizations increased 78 percent. Over the past 10 years, heroin-related deaths increased 500 percent. The city has also seen a significant increase in the use of OxyContin in the last three years.
Under Menino's program, $180,000 would be spent on doubling the number of city-sponsored acupuncture detoxification visits to 3,000 a year. The treatment helps addicted individuals cope with withdrawal symptoms.
In addition, the number of doctors who can distribute buprenorphine in their office would double to 10.
Community groups would also be offered grants under the program.
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