drug and alcohol

Drug Abuse Among County Teens Rising

Drug abuse among county teens rising
[rewrite]Increasingly, teens are abusing dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant found in more than 100 over-the-counter products at local pharmacies and grocery stores. Look for the warning label on the box. Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are …[/rewrite]
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Teen substance abuse is the new 'normal,' school counselor says
[rewrite]Borden's children said the school could help prevent student substance abuse by tightening up campus security and providing support for teens who are resisting peer pressure. Lechner and other counselors, who are funded by a grant, have worked with …[/rewrite]
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Oramed Pharmaceuticals Presents Data From Phase IIa Trial With ORMD-0801 in

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Presents Data from Phase IIa Trial with ORMD-0801 in
[rewrite]We look forward to moving ahead with our planned U.S. Phase IIb trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes which will investigate ORMD-0801 over a longer treatment period and which will have statistical power to give us greater insight into the drug's …[/rewrite]
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Child protection team report notes need for child welfare worker
[rewrite]… protection team said this year's requests include to restore the Polk County Department of Social Service (DSS) welfare position, requiring Polk's mental health local management entity (LME) Smoky Mountain Center to aggressively pursue an intensive …[/rewrite]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Victims and Villains of the Drug Trade

Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Victims and Villains of the Drug Trade
[rewrite]The flurry of grief and opinions and ruminations on the topic has mostly passed, but recently two brief pieces on Hoffman showed up in The Daily News and The New York Post, the twin newspapers of record for sordid New York City tales. The first story …[/rewrite]
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After death of Johnathan Crupi, 21-year-old heroin addict, another recovering
[rewrite]He's been drug-free for eight months. (Staten Island … STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A young South Shore resident attending the wake of his 21-year-old friend who died of a heroin overdose knows the body in the casket could just as easily have been his …[/rewrite]
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Saint Death and Easter

Saint Death and Easter
[rewrite]He heard we at Tierra Nueva Ministries help guys get a job sometimes, and that we do a spiritual drug recovery program. He wanted … As I held Danny's cold hands, I wondered what our prayers, what our Christian faith, has to say to the cult of Santa …[/rewrite]
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NHL roundup: Flyers goalie Steve Mason iffy for playoffs
[rewrite]Mason didn't speak to reporters after practice because he was having treatment for his injury. “I feel better each day, and we'll see how I feel tomorrow,” Mason told the public relations staff in a text. If Mason can't play, Ray Emery will start …[/rewrite]
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Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful

Fort Lauderdale Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Continues Successful
[rewrite]Cornerstone Recovery Center is continuing the successful monthly Family Night event at its drug rehab facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next Family Night will be hosted at Cornerstone's Fort Lauderdale addiction treatment center on Friday …[/rewrite]
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Florida budgets put priority on hometown projects over at-risk kids
[rewrite]Neither the governor nor legislators have proposed any significant increases in funding for a host of services designed to help unfit parents, such as drug treatment, mental-health counseling, domestic-violence services or anger-management classes …[/rewrite]
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Narconon Freedom Center Issues Information on Dangers of New Synthetic Drug

Narconon Freedom Center Issues Information on Dangers of New Synthetic Drug
[rewrite]Using L. Ron Hubbard's effective Drug Rehabilitation Technology, Narconon's Life Skills training helps the student improve their ability to confront life, communicate, restore their relationships, and make good choices without reverting to drugs or …[/rewrite]
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Bay Area Recovery Center Introduces New Drug Treatment Services in Houston
[rewrite]Finding a drug and alcohol treatment center has never been easy, but even with many options available it can be quite daunting to choose the right one. Bay Area Recovery Center intends to make such a task much easier. Serving Houston and its …[/rewrite]
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