New Database Helps Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – GLEN ROCK — As part of an effort to keep prescription drugs out of the hands of abusers, the New Jersey State Division of Consumer Affairs began a database t…

Opinion: Medicine cabinet is key in preventing addiction

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The startling reality is that the vast majority of these people became addicts right here in our suburban neighborhoods by taking prescription painkillers lawfully prescribed by physicians, long before ever considering taking that ride to a Camden drug …
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Brown County Drug Arrests Up

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… will not be accepted. Seizures of marijuana and cocaine are down in 2013. In order to raise awareness of the heroin and prescription drug problem The BCDTF will launch a campaign featuring videos and billboards to help fight the drugs' influence.
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Missoula County sees uptick in child abuse, neglect cases

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And in Missoula specifically, the community is experiencing an increase in prescription drug abuse and methamphetamine use, which leads to increased incidents of neglect, she said. ***. Kelli Sather is a public defender who represents the primary …
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