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Rob Roberge weighs in on addiction lit
I tried your steps And stumbled down your stairs My only problem with drugs Is that they always run out These lyrics are from "The Problem With Drugs" by The Popular Mechanics, a Replacements-meets-Steve-Earle quartet. But the band does not...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Music, Book, Authors
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North Suburban YMCA partners with drug and alcohol awareness group
The Northbrook Citizens for Drug and Alcohol Awareness is merging with the North Suburban YMCA to provide educational services to the community. When the 30-year-old nonprofit announced in March that it was ending its programs because it did not have...
Tags: YMCA, Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Niles police chiefs oppose medical marijuana
Illinois legislators may have voted to legalize medical marijuana, but the police chiefs of three Maine Township communities say the proposed measure could spread the drug's availability and challenge their ability to curb impaired driving. William...
Tags: Niles, Health Treatments, Park Ridge, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Crime decreases in Highlands County
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.Crime overall decreased in Highlands County in 2012, surpassing statewide trends in the same direction, according to statistics released last week by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton, whose office...Tags: Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Law Enforcement
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Omeprazole (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Powerball Lottery, Addiction
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UC pharmacy graduates excel in testing
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.The University of Charleston School of Pharmacy may still be in its infancy, but its students are making high marks on the national certification exam. The third graduating class -- students who finished the program in 2012 -- posted a 98.55 percent...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning, Health and Medical Professionals, Advanced Training, Career and Workplace
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Luxury drug-rehab center in Umatilla to offer recovery in style
Troubled celebs struggling to overcome addictions might start pointing their limos in an unlikely direction: the remote Lake County town of Umatilla. The former Florida Elks Children's Hospital in Umatilla is being reborn as a luxury drug-rehab center...
Tags: Conservation, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Orlando, Environmental Issues, Fort Lauderdale
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No clear source of funding for corrections changes
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Changes in Indiana law that will require judges to sentence low-level, nonviolent offenders to local treatment and counseling programs instead of jail starting next year has universal support, but no clear source of funding. A years-long rewriting of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Criminals, Justice System, Laws
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Physicians, health administrators wary of for-profit insurers in Medicaid reform
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Through all the clamoring surrounding the state's latest Medicaid reform effort, one message is coming through loud and clear from physicians and administrators: Let North Carolina providers resolve Medicaid financial and operational issues, not for-...Tags: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work, Earnings Forecasts, Medicare, Budgets and Budgeting
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Health Council hires drug prevention coordinator
Silver City Sun-News, N.M.The Grant County Community Health Council has hired Razanna Robinson-Thomas to coordinate a new grant-funded program focused on preventing prescription drug abuse and drinking among youth. The recently received grant, Partnership for Success II (PFSII),...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions
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The Record, Stockton, Calif., Michael Fitzgerald column
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Today we go to Indiana, Pa., to catch up with Victor Garcia. The professor has gained international recognition for his research into migrant farm workers. Garcia, 58, is a Stockton native, an Edison High grad and -- bless him -- a former Stockton...Tags: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Research, Health and Safety at Work, Alcohol Addiction, Mexico
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D.A.R.E. event in Mays Landing brings community together
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Pop music blared from the trunk of an Egg Harbor Township police car parked outside the Atlantic County Special Services School. Officer Mike Palmentieri, of Egg Harbor Township, used the township's tricked-out Drug Abuse Resistance Education Mercedes...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Festive Events, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), NASCAR, Atlantic County
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