How Many Young People Use Drugs? – the Statistics

How many young people use drugs? – The statistics – How many young people use drugs? Visit www.drug-aware.com for more information. There are a lot of places you can look at for statistics, but one of the most…

Drug OD claims 53rd Ocean County victim; cheap heroin blamed

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As of March 26, there were 19 deaths attributed to drugs in Monmouth County since the beginning of the year, and 17 of those were attributed to opiates, which include heroin, said Charles Webster, a spokesman for Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor …
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More kids poisoned as medication prescribing rates increase

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Medication poisonings in children appear to be increasing alongside the rising rates of prescriptions being filled by adults. Researchers discovered that as more diabetes drugs, statins and other lipid-lowering medications, beta-blockers, and opioids …
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Staying clean after Winnebago County Drug Court

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He was looking for a way out and found it in Drug Court. “The statistics are against us as addicts,” he said. “We come from a place that not many people know or understand — the pain and the darkness that is there — but even fewer of us come back …
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