Pregnancy and Drug Use

Pregnancy and Drug Use – A poignant, nonfiction short subject examines the intergenerational quality of addiction among women. Sponsored by an Arizona non-profit provider of resident…

Drugs, school costs are candidate Frady's focus

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Attacking the problem of drugs in schools and lessening the costs of building and maintaining schools are motivating Kenny Frady to run for the District 7 seat on the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education. A 40-year Mooresville … For 20 …
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More opioid-related deaths occurring among young people

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However, over 70 percent of those who abuse prescription pills get them from family and friends, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Charlie Scott, a 23-year-old student at Queensborough Community College in New York City, …
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Coshocton Behavioral Health awarded part of .5M for anti-drug initiative …

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Ohio's putting its money — $ 1.5 million across 19 counties — where its mouth is for the Start Talking! campaign, which encourages children to avoid drugs by overcoming peer pressure and stresses that often lead to addiction. Coshocton Behavioral …
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Maker of Zohydro Sues Massachusetts to Block Ban

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The worries, and the ever increasing heroin, Oxycodone, and other substance abuse addiction issues, described as a public health emergency by some, have led to legislation to ban the drug in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Vermont. Similar legislation …
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