Build on Gains in Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse

Build on gains in fighting prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

Many of them had initially obtained the drugs legally to deal with pain, only to become addicted. The epidemic affected countless other Floridians directly — either through their own addiction or that of a family member — or indirectly through …
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OUR OPINION: Support civic effort to combat drug abuse

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

With that in mind, Grand Forks residents should help the community's own "evidence-based community-wide effort" get off the ground tonight. UND, Grand Forks and Altru are sponsoring a Town Hall meeting on high-risk alcohol and other drug abuse and …
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Alabama gov's panel examines prescription drug abuse

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Alabama's physician governor told a national conference that medical professionals who help patients abuse prescription drugs should lose their licenses. Gov. Robert Bentley is co-chairman of a new program of the National Governors Association that is …
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General Hospital – July 1998 – Alan’s Drug Addiction Part 10 – Part 10. Alan tells Monica that she is his life support. Monica is worried about him. What if he gets arrested. He tells her that if he gets arrested, he’d hang himself. This takes the wind out of Monica’s sails. Alan stalls coming to bed to pop some pills while Monica watches from the door. Monica visits Jason and manages to get through to him about how she loves him by comparing her situation with his relationship with Michael. Jason lets Monica hold Michael. Later, Monica meets with Taggert on the docks and refuses to help him get Jason. Taggert reiterates that he’s after Justus not Jason. Monica says, “He is family too.”