Georgia Now Tracking Drugs to Address Abuse – the Augusta Chronicle

Georgia now tracking drugs to address abuse – The Augusta Chronicle

Georgia now tracking drugs to address abuse
The Augusta Chronicle
Prescription drug abuse is a “huge” problem that Georgia is only now implementing a system to monitor and curb, the second-to-last state to do so, an official said. The U.S. is awash in painkillers – in 2010, enough opioid painkillers were sold to drug

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Prescription drug abuse: Untangling the harm – Durant Daily Democrat

Prescription drug abuse: Untangling the harm
Durant Daily Democrat
Prescription drug issues have recently become a plight that has garnered much concern and it is due largely to the steady and unacceptable rise of overdose deaths from prescription (legal) drugs. Both Illicit and legal drugs must be examined by four
Strategies make an impact on abuse of prescription drugsHuntington Herald Dispatch
Most GA drug deaths blamed on legal substancesWALB-TV

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Little-known law can help families of teen drug users – Washington Observer Reporter

Little-known law can help families of teen drug users
Washington Observer Reporter
Stephanie Henson, an intelligence analyst for the Drug Enforcement Administration, was among those who spoke about prescription drug abuse during a summit earlier this year at Canon-McMillan High School. Seated from left are Washington County District 

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