Prescription Drug Use Rising, Heroin Remains Problem in Indian Valley

Prescription drug use rising, heroin remains problem in Indian Valley

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McIntyre, who lives in Harleysville, started the organization One Life One Chance with a group of parents who wanted a support group to talk about children who have struggled with or currently struggle with drug addiction. “It's a place to go and not …
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'Tetra Pak heir's wife died of drugs': coroner

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Online: http://www.thelocal.se/45084/20121215/. Eva Rausing, one of Britain's richest women and the wife of Tetra Pak heir Kristian Rausing, died as a result of drug abuse, a coroner ruled at an inquest on Friday. Tetra Pak heir given suspended jail …
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Medical professionals who abuse drugs not rare

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Whitney Johnson, 26, and Stephen Johnson, 28, of 205 N. First St. in Trenton, were arrested by Butler County drug unit agents in late November following an undercover investigation. They are accused of stealing drugs from patients, nursing homes and …
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Drug Abuse Runs in Families

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Environmental factors within families have "potent influences" on the risk for drug abuse, new research confirms. In a nationwide Swedish study, researchers found that the risk for drug abuse was strongly correlated in siblings and spouses after …
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Students win PSA competition on prescription drug abuse: A pair of 11th graders at Pineview School won a … http://t.co/qJhWxhQX #tampa – by NewsTampaFL (Tampa News Network)