Community Coalition Confronts Prescription Drug Abuse

Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse accounts for about 45 percent of all overdose deaths, which is more than heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs combined, according to the Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Those at the Ela Coalition Against Youth Substance Abuse …
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Substance abuse prevention program heading to Rockaway
Angelo Valente, executive director of the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, said the program will discuss the importance of a parent or caregiver’s role on substance abuse prevention — as well as how to talk to children about drugs, signs of use …
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Doctor: Prescription drug abuse can affect anyone
NEW BEDFORD — The face of prescription drug abuse could be anyone, not just a junkie or a prostitute working the streets, said an anesthesiologist and former addiction specialist. “It could be anyone in this room. There is no stereotype …
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Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift from ‘War on Drugs’ to focus on treatment
But by the 1990s, with the rise in abuse of opioids like Oxycodone, Burke said there was a shift. Drugs were no longer seen as an inner city problem, but as one that reached the suburbs. Stiff penalties for drug use, including mandatory sentencing for drug …
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