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NYPD to Try GPS in 'Bait Bottles' to Track Drug Thieves

NYPD to try GPS in 'bait bottles' to track drug thieves

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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

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Conway Touts Kentucky Crackdown on Prescription Abuse

Conway touts Kentucky crackdown on prescription abuse

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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

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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

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Prescription Drug Abuse Climbing Globally

Prescription drug abuse climbing globally

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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

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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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