Lynn Evans: Drop Boxes Part of Prescription Drug Abuse Battle
Lynn Evans: Drop boxes part of prescription drug abuse battle
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
The Centers for Disease Control calls it an epidemic. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety calls it Mississippi's No. 1 drug threat. Prescription drug abuse is killing men and women from all walks of life. The CDC reports that the deaths of …
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Monday's Sports Transactions
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
Suspended Milwaukee minor league LHP William West (Arizona Brewers) 50 games after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse. BOSTON RED SOX-Placed OF Daniel Nava on the paternity leave …
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Extended-Release Hydromorphone May Mitigate Drug Abuse
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
The analysis (poster 419) was based on data from five programs collected by the Researched Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS) System: opioid treatment programs, the Survey of Key Informant's Patients (SKIP), poison centers, …
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Suspension Leaves Many Questions for Now and Later
Filed under: drug abuse treatment programs
A. Rodriguez has vowed to appeal his suspension to baseball's arbitrator, Fredric R. Horowitz, as is his right under the joint drug prevention and treatment program between Major League Baseball and the players association. During the period of the …
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