Prescription Take Back Day at Cedar Park Police Department
Prescription Take Back Day at Cedar Park Police Department
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Teens, adults and elderlies are misusing and abusing over-the-counter and prescription medication. The number of overdose by the use of prescription drugs for nonmedical purpose is on the news everyday. To help address the problem, the Cedar Park …
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Montco DA offers prescription drug disposal with eye on prevention and education
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“Our law enforcement professionals recognize the steady growth of prescription drug abuse in the community, particularly among our youth. We have seen time and again that addiction often begins with minors stealing powerful narcotics from their parents …
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Why We Should Treat, Not Blame Addicts Struggling to Get 'Clean'
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It has been more than 40 years since Richard Nixon called for a "war on drugs," and yet our prevention and treatment efforts have largely failed to address the chronic illness of substance addiction that afflicts one in 12 Americans and affects …
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Evanston Police Start Drug Disposal, Collection Program
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According to the city's website, teens abuse prescription drugs more than any illicit street drug except marijuana and 70 percent of people who abuse prescription drugs say they get them out of the medicine cabinets of family and friends. Where? Front …
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