Painkillers Kill More Than Pain: Aggressive Campaign to Fight Addiction & Abuse
Painkillers Kill More Than Pain: Aggressive campaign to fight addiction & abuse
Filed under: drug addiction stories
Very personal and tragic stories of Western New York families who lost children addicted to pain killers unfolds in the theme of this campaign. Radio, television … Israel's son took his own life because of his addiction to drugs like Lortab and …
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Poetry and Transformation
Filed under: drug addiction stories
Chuc's view of what Americans refer to as “the Vietnam War” was based on all-too-true stories of boat people being robbed by pirates and women being raped. Forced to sit beside an engine, her aunt, eight months pregnant, lost her … Many war veterans …
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Editorial: Drug abuse prevention efforts much needed
Filed under: drug addiction stories
As prescription drug abuse began to spread in our region a decade ago, many of the cases involved adults who had begun taking pills for an injury or disability and then developed a habit. But increasingly … addictions. That is a story we cannot tell …
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