A Minute With Jay: Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse
A Minute with Jay: Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse – This week’s 1 minute video is on the importance of tackling prescription drug abuse in West Virginia. With one of the highest rates of prescription drug over…
Duval: Mental Health, Substance Abuse are Serious Problems [VIDEO]
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Some of those issues, he noted, included the standard theft, drug activity, and petty crimes that are expected in a city the size of Concord. But Duval also focused on a more recent problem – mental health and substance issues that are plaguing the …
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The New Stimulus Package
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For the latter, it's felony drug abuse, punishable by up to a month in jail. Advertisement. The drug itself, however, does not … Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told 60 Minutes in 2010 that she believes even casual use …
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Prescription drug abuse among Grand Forks-area youth "out of control"
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The department receives a report of prescription drug abuse “at least once or twice every couple of weeks,” Jacobson said. This past fall, the number of arrests or reports related to prescription drugs was the highest that he's seen in his 12 years …
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