Addiction – Prescription Drugs

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Portman: Fighting drug addiction not a 'war'

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“A lot of people talk about the reference to end drug abuse as an armed conflict because it's a war on drugs,” Portman said during his keynote speech at the 2013 Ohio Opiate Conference. “I think it's the wrong way to think of it. I think that in part …
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Substance–abuse treatment program goals bring Republican Chris Christie …

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The New Jersey Republican governor appeared on Wednesday with former Garden State governor Jim McGreevey, a Democrat, at a local jail to meet with a group of incarcerated women participating in a substance-abuse-treatment program. … McGreevey, who …
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COP SHOP: 'Tim's Story' to highlight drug abuse forum

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Dunlap, who has been principal at West Chester East High School since 2002, will be sharing information on all facets of drug addiction, beginning with tell-tale signs of abuse through the agonizing effects on Tim, his family and his friends. “Our …
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County officials discuss drug abuse at Norwin Lions forum

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(from right) Lindsay Wright of Ardara sits beside her daughter Mercedes Wolfe while holding a drawing of her son Joey Wright who died of a heroin overdose after a 6 year addiction on November 9th, 2012, during a drug awareness forum at the Norwin …
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