Program Makes Disposing of Prescription Drugs Easy

Program Makes Disposing of Prescription Drugs Easy

Filed under: drug addiction help groups

According to the Santa Cruz Police Department, rates of prescription drug abuse are alarmingly high, especially among teenagers. More than half of the teenagers who abuse medicines get them from a family member or a friend, including the home medicine …
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NH advocate wants help for problem gamblers before possibility of casino

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Traditionally, people are referred to substance abuse counselors who may lack the expertise to help gambling addiction, he said. “From my own personal experience, it is so important that the … He instead sought help from a priest, who told him he …
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Help for Russia's drug addicts

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Help for Russia's drug addicts. Andrei, a former drug addict who cooks for the rest of the patients in treatment for drug addiction at City Without Drugs, works in the kitchen in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Oct. 16, 2013. Nine boys, many of whom were either …
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Seabrook smoke shops picketed over synthetic pot

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So-called synthetic marijuana, packaged and sold as "herbal incense" for $ 20 to $ 50 a bag, is highly addictive when smoked and is destroying the lives of many people in town, according to a group of activists that prompted selectmen to recently adopt …
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