Legal marijuana challenges drug abuse awareness
April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a key time for all Islanders to work towards reducing the stigma around seeking help for alcohol abuse. Alcohol addiction can affect both youth and adults and is a treatable disease. This year, for the first time … Read more on Mercer Island Reporter

Jerry Davich: Frontline hits front lines to combat drug addiction
Frontline is a faith-based, nonprofit substance abuse recovery program designed for struggling addicts from age 18 to 28, the highest-risk group for addiction and peer pressure. That impressionable age group holds the dubious distinction for the … Read more on Post-Tribune

Pharmacists are often on the front line against prescription drug abuse
Drugstores and the pharmacists who work there are on the front lines of the war against illicit prescription drug use. People hit them with fake prescriptions. Or present them with real ones obtained from several different doctors. They break in at … Read more on Ravalli Republic

Portman Hears Stories Of Heroin & Drug Addiction In Columbus
Senator Rob Portman heard from experts and recovering heroin addicts during a forum on drug abuse and prevention, and it was a topic that hit very close to home for several participants. Shannon Ballas appears to have it all together, but there's a … Read more on 10TV