CLAAD Warns of Increase in Prescription Drug Overdoses

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12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, a national organization dedicated to reducing prescription drug abuse urged communities to take extra precautions to prevent medication overdoses. The not-for-profit Center for Lawful Access and Abuse …
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White Bear mother recounts hellish tailspin of drug abuse; talking to break …

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But DeGree, who is attending Metropolitan State University to become a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, said talking about addiction "in an honest way … helps to break the stigma of it." "If you remove the shame and stigma of addiction, people …
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Is The War on Drugs "All About the Money"?

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So our charge—when Nixon announced the war on drugs, I took over the narcotic effort, narcotic enforcement effort. Our strategy, which was the national strategy—cut the head off the snake, reduce the flow of drugs into the country, and reduce drug …
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