Prosecutors Roll Out New Campaign to Stop Prescription/synthetic Drug Abuse

Prosecutors roll out new campaign to stop prescription/synthetic drug abuse

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KNOXVILLE — District attorneys from across the state today rolled out a new campaign to warn middle and high school students about the dangers of abusing prescription and synthetic drugs. The "Deceptive Danger" campaign kickoff was part of the …
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Jenny McCarthy Discloses Drug Addiction Days

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McCarthy, who began her career as Playboy magazine model, opens up about her struggle with drug addiction during her heydays wherein she experimented on substances including Ecstasy and Vicodin. An excerpt from her book, cited on Celebuzz.com, …
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If Docs Abuse Drugs, Spouses Can Help Spot It

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About 85% of significant others — most of whom had been through a training program — felt they could identify signs of drug abuse among their anesthesiologist partners, according to Shahla Escobar, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical …
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