Rx Drug Abuse vs. a Choice

Published June 28, 2013

Rx Drug Abuse VS. A Choice – This PSA was created by Bobby Somtakoune, a peer educator who participated in the Lock It Up Project’s Peer Education Program in the Fall semester of 2012. B…

Cocaine no longer drug of choice in Butler County

Filed under: drug abuse

But the economy and society's ongoing abuse of prescription, opiate-based painkillers have flip-flopped drug users' appetites, according to law enforcement and court officials. Heroin is now an epidemic and cocaine is no longer en vogue, they say. “I …
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Drug Abuse-Related Mental Illnesses On the Rise – MOH

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As Rwanda gears up to celebrate the International Day against Drug Abuse which will take place before the end of this month, the number of mental patients seeking services at Ndera Neuropsychiatric Hospital as a result of drug abuse has risen.
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Prescription drug use on the rise, antidepressants more common for college …

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Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on a prescription medication and 20 percent are taking five or more medications, according to a study Mayo Clinic released last week. The most common drugs prescribed were for chronic health conditions, like diabetes, …
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