NYPD to Try GPS in 'Bait Bottles' to Track Drug Thieves
NYPD to try GPS in 'bait bottles' to track drug thieves
Filed under: Chicago Drug Use
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, accidental overdose deaths from prescription pain-relievers have quadrupled since 1999. Their increased use has also led to a jump in holdups of pharmacies. The DEA says armed robberies of drug stores …
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Why Jim Thome Might Not Make the Hall of Fame
Filed under: Chicago Drug Use
Conway Touts Kentucky Crackdown on Prescription Abuse
Conway touts Kentucky crackdown on prescription abuse
Filed under: prescription drug abuse help
Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation Tuesday. Conway briefed the National Governor's Association Policy Academy on Reducing …
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Kentucky, Indiana target problem of prescription drug abuse
Filed under: prescription drug abuse help
53 percent of the deaths were from prescription drugs, with the highest rates in eastern Kentucky. Meanwhile, Indiana officials gathered in Indianapolis Thursday to work on ways to curb the problem there. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says seven …
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Lincoln Square Woman's Adoption of Russian Boy in Limbo
Lincoln Square woman's adoption of Russian boy in limbo
Filed under: Chicago Drug Abuse
And Koenig's 8-year-old daughter, Liliya — whom Koenig adopted four years ago from the same Russian orphanage — has already picked out the colors — blue and green — for his bedroom in their home in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on Chicago's North …
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Peirce: Glimmers of hope on drug front
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Oprah to Interview Armstrong for Jan. 17 Show – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois …
Oprah to interview Armstrong for Jan. 17 show – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois …
Filed under: Illinois Drug Use
The report detailed accusations of drug use by Armstrong and teammates on his U.S. Postal Service teams. It's unclear if the interview at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas, has already been taped. Nicole Nichols, a spokeswoman for Oprah Winfrey Network …
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Public safety report — Jan. 10
Filed under: Illinois Drug Use
Prescription Drug Abuse Climbing Globally
Prescription drug abuse climbing globally
Filed under: national institute on drug abuse
The 2011 figures from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for the US estimates that 22.5 million Americans aged 12 or older — or 8.7 per cent of the population — had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication like a pain reliever …
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Drug Abuse Runs in Families
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Cost-Effectiveness Findings for Naloxone Revealed
Cost-effectiveness findings for naloxone revealed
Filed under: drug abuse help in maryland
In a related editorial, Wilson Compton (National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) and co-authors say that Coffin and Sullivan's study "represents a significant step in the evolution of the science in this area." "Despite its [naloxone …
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• Rokita to serve as Education Subcomittee chairman
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