How has your family or community been affected by prescription drug abuse?

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Oklahoma has the fifth highest drug overdose death rate in the United States, with 19.4 per 100,000 people suffering drug overdose fatalities, according to a new report, Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic. According to the report:.
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Feds to designate ND Oil Patch county as High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

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The designation will open up the area to “significant” federal resources to help national, state and local officials combat drug trafficking and abuse in the area, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's office stated in a news release Thursday. The announcement …
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Survey shows alcohol, tobacco use down among NH teens

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The results show fewer students are smoking cigarettes, using other tobacco products, using hard drugs, binge drinking alcohol, drinking alcohol at all and getting in cars with drivers who are drunk. Beyond substance abuse, the survey shows the number …
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