drug abuse

Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

Working Together to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Recently, CVS Caremark identified physicians and prescribers who exhibited extreme patterns of prescribing of “high risk drugs” by studying their volume and share of prescriptions for high-risk drugs versus other providers in the same specialty and … drug abuse – Bing News

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SCOTUS Makes It Harder to Punish Drug Dealers for Their Customers' Deaths

SCOTUS Makes It Harder To Punish Drug Dealers For Their Customers' Deaths
In 1986 Congress prescribed a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for drug distribution when "death or serious bodily injury results from" consumption of the drug. Today the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the penalty applies only when the drug… Continue reading

Drug Abuse Community Forum in Zanesville Set for Jan. 28

Drug Abuse Community Forum in Zanesville set for Jan. 28
(ZANESVILLE, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be in Zanesville tomorrow to host the fifth of several community forums to be held across the state to examine drug abuse in Ohio. drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results… Continue reading

Alcohol Recovery Center Chicago | Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center

Alcohol Recovery Center Chicago | Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
http://drugrehabinchicago.org Alcohol Recovery Center Chicago’s residential facility treats drug, alcohol, and prescription drug abuse through detoxification…


 

Interview: Rodrigo Vélez
The plan, which was prepared by the National Council for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (CONSEP), contains 12 prevention,… Continue reading

Drug Abuse Program Jan. 28 at MVC

Drug abuse program Jan. 28 at MVC
There will be a program, open to the public, Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Missouri Valley College on the topic of drug abuse, primarily meth, but also addiction to prescription medication. There are two identical sessions, one at 3 p.m. and one at 7… Continue reading

Pro-Athletes Open Recovery Center in St. Cloud

Pro-athletes open recovery center in St. Cloud
The eight-time All-Star who beat alcohol and drug addiction opened his first recovery center Friday afternoon in St. Cloud. "I want people to see the Darryl Strawberry treatment center as Darryl Strawberry," he said. Someone who was lost, found his way … Read… Continue reading