Prescription Drug Abuse at Epidemic Levels

Prescription drug abuse at epidemic levels

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Drug overdose deaths overtook car accidents as the leading cause of death in Tennessee in 2010, according to a presentation made by the Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition. Overdose deaths in Tennessee have increased from 422 in 2001 to 1,059 in …
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18% Pregnant Women Endangering Infants By Drinking During Pregnancy

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“Drug abuse can create many health issues and cause you to lose everything. We ask that anyone who suffers from this dependency to contact a detox center such as Harbor Village to start the recovery process,” said Robert Niznik, Harbor Village CEO.
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Cannabis Causes 'Defective Mental Reasoning' – NACAL Sensitizes Portee Youths

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Kamara said the organization is a non-profit civil society movement established to raise awareness on the abuse of drugs by young people, and that they would soon embark on a campaign to encourage citizens to be law abiding and with firm belief in …
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