Norton Center Leads Area Fight Against Abuse

Published May 26, 2010

Painkiller abuse becoming a problem
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise throughout the county, state and country, according to medical experts. The No. 1 culprit in Beaufort County: opioid painkillers, said Dr. Thomas M. Penders, acting chief of staff at Beaufort County Medical Center.

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R.I. mental health advocates seek to close addiction treatment gap
PROVIDENCE – One statistic was repeated by almost every speaker at an announcement Tuesday: Of the 107,000 Rhode Islanders who suffer from a complicated illness, only 12 percent – one in eight – get treatment.

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Norton center leads area fight against abuse
Nearly 13,000 children were taken under the wing of the state’s child welfare authorities last year to protect them from abuse or neglect, though the number of children in need of protection is thought to be much higher, representing what experts call a “hidden epidemic.”

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