In Focus: Raising awareness of prescription drug abuse
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing addiction problem in the nation, according to experts. In Western New York, an estimated 1 in 5 young adults between ages 18 and 25 is either dependent on or abusing prescription painkillers. More than 50 … Read more on Buffalo News

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and … Read more on Christian Science Monitor

Prescription Drug Abuse Rising, California Fights Back
With deaths from prescription drug abuse on the rise, the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit discovers new efforts in California to track prescriptions while attempting to prevent doctor shopping. It's a law that was inspired by three tragic Bay Area … Read more on NBC Bay Area

Alarmingly high substance abuse rates found among street children in low …
INDIANAPOLIS — Millions of children worldwide live on the streets. A review and analysis of 50 studies on substance abuse by street children in 22 resource-constrained countries has found lifetime substance use to be both common and high, posing …
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Gil Kerlikowske discusses efforts to tackle prescription drug abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Prescription drug abuse is a nationwide problem, affecting Arkansas teens at an alarming rate. For many, the drug use occurs for teens in their earlier years. Programs and policy reforms have been created to tackle the issue.
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Cory Monteith overdose spotlights surge in heroin addiction and death
More recent statistics are available from regional experts around the country who track trends for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Recent increases in heroin problems were reported in at least 11 areas of the country, ranging from …
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What's On Thursday
6:30 P.M. (Showtime 2) CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE (2012) For Ms. Channing, “the safest place in the world to be is center stage.” And that's where she was determined to stand from childhood, when, delivering The Christian Science Monitor to San …
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What's happening today in the north valley
Chico Toastmasters: 7 p.m. Enloe Rehab Center conference room, 340 W. East Ave. Larry, 893-4464. Weekly. Health … Celebrate Recovery Christian 12-Step Program: 6:30-9 p.m. East Avenue Community Church, 1184 East Ave., Chico. 342-1806. Weekly.
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Pfeifer sets sights on graduation, college
He was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha where he underwent surgery the following day to repair his C6 vertebra. The first four days of his seven-day stay there were spent in the intensive … Also, Isaac said he will be …
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Judith Brinks, 70
Judith F. Brinks, age 70, of East Saugatuck, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Providence Health and Rehabilitation Center of Zeeland. She was a member of East Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church and the …
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