Gov.-Elect Steve Bullock Busy Preparing for Montana's Top Office

Gov.-elect Steve Bullock busy preparing for Montana's top office

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Bullock, in contrast, steered through the Legislature his two top pieces of legislation aimed at curbing repeat drunken driving and prescription drug abuse. Recently, Bullock met with the incoming presiding officers of the Legislature, Senate President …
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Website tracks black-market medicine prices

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Nabarun Dasgupta, a doctoral candidate in epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, started the website, StreetRx.com, in November 2010 to crowd-source prescription drug prices. Dasgupta said he worked with law enforcement to …
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Drug Tests in Humans for Methamphetamine Addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, there were 439,000 methamphetamine users in the U.S. in 2011. New methamphetamine users numbered 133,000. In 2010, more than 100,000 were admitted to drug abuse …
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Community Foundation of Hendersonville highlights ways to give throughout the

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Anna's Hope Fund: Anna Huneycutt, the late daughter of Don and Julie Harwell Huneycutt of Hendersonville, passed away March 6, 2010 due to a prescription drug overdose. Anna had tried many times to overcome addiction and even as late as October …
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