Rise In Babies Born Addicted To Prescription Drugs Seen In Tennessee Hospitals

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In a study published online in the Journal of American Medical Association, researchers found that nearly 13,500 babies were born addicted to opiates in the U.S. From 2000-2009, addiction among pregnant women increased fivefold, which increased the …
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Steering kids away from drugs

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Programs designed to help steer kids away from drugs, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), can be only as effective as the people who work face to face with the kids. Over the past 10 years, about 2,000 local elementary school children …
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Fest Notebook: Tribeca Comes Into Its Own With Diverse Slate

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The economic doldrums explored by numerous narrative and documentary features nowadays surfaced at Tribeca in tales of small-town poverty and prescription drug abuse. An extreme case in point could be found in Sean Dunne's docu “Oxyana,” a look at …
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