Concert Review: Backstreet Boys – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT, June 15, 2010

Kings Bay offering new anti-drug program for youth
KINGSLAND – Camden County shut down the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, commonly known as DARE, two years ago because of funding problems and questions about its effectiveness. Now, concerned that a lack of anti-drug education could result in an increase of illegal drug use, agencies are establishing new programs to fill the void. Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base is offering the Drug …

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ER visits for prescription drugs rise
LOS ANGELES — Emergency room visits for non-medical uses of opioid prescription drugs more than doubled between 2004 and 2008, and for the first time the number of ER visits for prescription drugs equaled the number of visits for illegal and over-the-counter drugs, federal researchers said Thursday.

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Concert Review: Backstreet Boys – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT, June 15, 2010
In 1993, when The Backstreet Boys came together as a group in Orlando, Florida, no one could have predicted the scope of their success. Typically, teen pop acts come and go leaving nothing behind but a moldy hit or two and a sprinkling of die-hard fans scattered around the globe. The fact that seventeen …

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