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Prescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined – Christian Science Monitor

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined – Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor
Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
Christian Science Monitor
More people are dying in the US from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says,… Continue reading →

Montgomery School Leaders Organize ‘conversation’ About Substance Abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize ‘conversation’ about substance abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize 'conversation' about substance abuse
Washington Post
School officials have called a countywide “conversation” about drug and alcohol abuse among Montgomery County students, with a two-hour meeting planned for Monday. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr asked that… Continue reading →

Program Helps People Recover From Addiction

Program helps people recover from addiction
A 14-year addiction to drugs spanning half his life had already sidelined aspirations of earning a college degree and then led to the word divorce surfacing in the relationship with his wife. About 14 months ago when he and his wife, Tiffany, walked …… Continue reading →

Utah Woman Says Goodbye to Heroin, Hooking, Homelessness

Utah woman says goodbye to heroin, hooking, homelessness
Gina Salazar made it out. The 45-year-old Salt Lake City woman said goodbye to homelessness, heroin addiction and prostitution. … Eventually, with a drug charge, she was sentenced to zero to five years at the Utah State Prison. That is when she… Continue reading →

Federal Grants to Help Crime Victims, Drug Abuse Treatment

Federal grants to help crime victims, drug abuse treatment
The Department of Justice awarded two grants to the Guam Office of the Attorney General and the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans to develop crime victim services and substance abuse treatment programs. According to a written statement, $ 400,209 was …… Continue reading →

Switzerland Changes Law to Decriminalise Marijuana Possession

Switzerland changes law to decriminalise marijuana possession
Dealers selling to young people will be more strictly punished and children with problematic cannabis use should be able to get expert help more easily, she said. Not everyone is happy with the change. … Others think that measures could have gone …… Continue reading →