DRUGS in DEDHAM: Town Organizations Getting Involved

DRUGS IN DEDHAM: Town organizations getting involved

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Editor's Note: This is the final article in a three-part series on drug addiction in Dedham. Other articles in this series have tackled the police response and personal stories. It has been almost 25 years, but not a day goes by when Carmen DelloIacono …
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Local students increasing abuse of prescription drugs, study shows

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Those who said they took painkillers like OxyContin, Codeine or Tylenol III rose from 13.3 percent in 2010 to 14 percent in 2012. Smith said the trend reflects a national increase in prescription drug abuse across the country. The survey results were …
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Alcohol, drug abuse costly for Alaska

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FAIRBANKS — Alcohol and drug abuse cost Alaska's economy hundreds of millions of dollars in 2010, according to a new report funded by the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Mental Health Board, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust …
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The Costs of Addiction to the State

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It cost the state $ 217.7 million to arrest, investigate, prosecute and incarcerate people who committed crimes attributed to alcohol and drug abuse in 2010. The report says in 2010, there were 18,296 arrests in Alaska attributed to alcohol and drug …
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