Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse on the Rise

Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse on the Rise
The growing alarm to drug abuse is nothing new, but as the number of deaths rise in Fairfield County, Norwalk officials are warning the community of what has become not only a state-wide epidemic, but a local emergency. State-wide drug-related deaths have …
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Klobuchar presses DEA to implement law to help curb prescription drug abuse
NEWS RELEASE — Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to press the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for immediate action to implement her law to help fight prescription drug abuse and …
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Youth substance abuse problem tackled by Staten Island teens at all-day summit …
Instead of sleeping in they chose to spend a full day Saturday trying to wrap their heads around one of Staten Island's biggest problems — substance abuse — prescription drug abuse in particular — among their peers — during the Tackling Youth …
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Substance Abuse Council under fire
At stake is more than $ 100,000 the council awards each year to various government and non-government entities combating substance abuse from the fronts of justice, prevention/education, treatment/intervention and random drug testing. The money comes …
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