Twinsburg Police Department recognized for prescription drug abuse prevention …
Twinsburg — The Twinsburg Police Department was recently recognized for its role in helping local residents prevent prescription drug abuse in their homes. Twinsburg is a partner in the "American Medicine Chest Challenge," a national public health …
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The Working Together Coalition to attend National Substance Abuse Prevention …
Leslie Bouchonville and Kelly Felton with the Working Together Coalition are headed to Austin, Texas to join more than 1,300 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America …
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Working Together Coalition to attend National Substance Abuse Prevention …
Leslie Bouchonville and Kelly Felton with the Working Together Coalition headed to Austin, Texas, July 21-25 to join more than 1,300 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of …
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More treatment centers needed to fight heroin addiction
In 2008, the percentage of clients admitted for heroin addiction treatment was 11 percent; and it was 23.8 percent last year, according to the Butler County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board. During that same time, the percentage for alcohol …
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NY woman faked cancer to feed heroin addiction, prosecutors say
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – A Long Island woman faked cancer and sought donations from supermarket shoppers and others to support her heroin addiction, an indictment unsealed Wednesday alleged, and a prosecutor called the plot "a despicable scam." …
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OxyContin a gateway to heroin for upper-income addicts – USA Today
Public health authorities in Portland, Maine, which struggled with pain killer abuse for nearly a decade, expected an increase in heroin abuse and are dealing with the fallout of overdoses, says Ronni Katz, substance abuse prevention program …
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Daily marijuana use surges 30 percent among teens
Stevenson High School students Kaleen Snowdon and Rachel Zuckerman encourage parents to guide their children and not be concerned with becoming “friends” with them. Seated to the right of the students are Jerry Kwas, board member of Livonia Save …
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Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk
There's a strong link between marijuana use and "discontinuous enrollment," said study author Dr. Amelia Arria, director of the Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The same goes for other …
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Marijuana use up with county teens
“We're seeing kids who think using marijuana is risky at an all time low,” said Jim Cooper, executive director of Together!, an Olympia-based nonprofit that works to prevent youth substance abuse and violence. “In substance abuse prevention, that's …
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Workshop on Drug Awareness and Drug Abuse Prevention Held in Afghanistan

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A training workshop on drug awareness and drug abuse prevention for non-governmental organization’s female workers was held in Jalalabad, sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 24/May/2006. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

Local Advocate Attends National Drug Abuse Prevention Conference
Logandale resident Debbie Oglesby, a representative of the Nevada Community Prevention Coalition, recently traveled to the Washington, D.C. area to join more than 2,000 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country …
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Peoria County Coalition Aimed to Stop Drug Abuse
In 2012, there were 32 drug-related deaths in Peoria County. For Coroner Johnna Ingersoll, even one is too many. She said, "Those numbers are concerning to me." Ingersoll is leading the substance abuse prevention coalition and with it, she hopes to …
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Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood
The research, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute of Mental Health, all components of …
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