STEPHENSON: Glavine's View Key on Drug Issue

Published February 21, 2014

STEPHENSON: Glavine's view key on drug issue
Over the past several years, including during his time as an opposition MLA, Health Minister Leo Glavine has publicly expressed concerns about the abuse of prescriptions medications, including the problem of addiction in his own region, and cases that … Read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca

States use Good Samaritan laws, Narcan, to fight drug overdoses
Now states are taking action to prevent some of those deaths, many of which are attributable to heroin and the illegal use of prescription pain medications. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have passed “Good Samaritan” laws that grant … Read more on Denver Post

Nevada Teen Drug Use Increasing
(Las Vegas, NV) — The National Survey on Drug Use and Health finds “prescription” drug use among teens has increased in Nevada. It's up more in our state than in any other U.S. state except Arizona, New Mexico and Arkansas. Since 1999, overdose … Read more on CBS Local