3rd Annual National Event to Raise Awareness of Prescription Drug Abuse …

3rd Annual National Event to Raise Awareness of Prescription Drug Abuse …

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"AMCC's campaign about the safe use and disposal of medicines is an important component of the multi stakeholder approach needed to combat prescription drug abuse," said Matt Bennett, Senior VP of Communications at PhRMA, AMCC's founding sponsor …
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A door opens for homeless women

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With three children at the time, and one on the way, her childhood dream of becoming a glamorous pop singer had faded behind the reality of poverty, raising a family and feeding her drug addiction. Khatatbeh's story is similar to those of thousands of …
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Augusta priest charged with smuggling drugs into Wiscasset jail

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1 on charges that they trafficked the drug suboxone, a synthetic opiate typically used to ease symptoms of opiate addiction, but also can be abused. Foote was … A 2010 story in the Kennebec Journal detailed multiple incidents involving Theriault-Patten.
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