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Minnesota's First Substance Abuse and Addiction Strategy Takes Aim at Heroin, Prescription Drug Abuse

Minnesota's first substance abuse and addiction strategy takes aim at heroin, prescription drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
The State of Minnesota is releasing its first-ever substance abuse and addiction strategy Thursday, with an immediate focus on heroin… Continue reading

EDITORIAL – Dangerous Fallout Remains for Prescription Drug Abuse

EDITORIAL – Dangerous fallout remains for prescription drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Pharmacy robberies are at an all-time high this year, the latest reverberation of what has become one of Maine’s most far-reaching criminal and medical issues… Continue reading

The Media’s Affect on Teen Addiction and Substance Abuse


 

The Media’s Affect on Teen Addiction and Substance Abuse – teenaddictionandsubstanceabuseinfo.com When I was a teenager “good kids” had to sneak around to drink and most of them thought drugs were something that only the bad guys in the… Continue reading

National Voice on Drug Abuse Retiring From Minn.

National voice on drug abuse retiring from Minn.
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Carol Falkowski, a drug abuse expert whose understanding of addiction has made her one of the nation's most respected voices in the field, is retiring from… Continue reading

GWSMHS Professor to Study Correlation Between Genetics and Susceptibility to Drug Abuse

GWSMHS professor to study correlation between genetics and susceptibility to drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Norman H. Lee, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), received a total… Continue reading

Price, Purity and Availability Fuel Drug Use in NM

Price, purity and availability fuel drug use in NM

Filed under: What Is Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction

The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/RDPlXJ ) that teen drug use in New Mexico — heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine — is double and… Continue reading