Prescription Drug Abuse Conference Set in SW Va
Prescription drug abuse conference set in SW Va
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
Heaphy says the conference's goal is to raise awareness of the social, economic and other costs of prescription drug abuse and develop recommendations to combat the problem. In July 2011 an educational forum on prescription drug abuse was held in …
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Drug drop-off coming to police station
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug abuse is now officially an epidemic in this country. So after participating in a nationwide one-day drug drop-off program, the Georgetown Police Department has just been …
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Gainesville adds drop boxes for old medication
Filed under: prescription drug addiction
(AP) — New drop boxes allow people in Gainesville to get rid of unwanted prescription drugs and in way that police hope will cut down on drug abuse. Hall County Sheriff Steve Cronic said authorities decided to create a permanent drop box after seeing …
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