GE1401 Oral Assignment – Janet Yip (Drug Abuse Among Kong Kong Teenagers)

Published March 31, 2013

GE1401 oral assignment – Janet Yip (Drug abuse among Kong Kong teenagers) –

Fears over drug use in primary schools

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A spokesman for Education Minister Martin Dixon, Ashley Gardiner, said the Government was serious about fighting drug abuse and that an overhaul of the drug education curriculum in Victoria was "world-leading". He said primary schools specifically were …
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Pain doctor's office raided in prescription drug abuse probe

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"Pain is a difficult thing to define," he said in the interview. "You can't say, 'No. You don't have pain…. You're just seeking drugs.' It's very difficult to tell anybody that." But if he believes a patient is abusing drugs, he said, "they are out …
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MANCHESTER: County officials discuss prescription drug abuse at symposium

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Officials from throughout the county gathered Tuesday night in Manchester to talk about something that many think is a problem contained in big cities: prescription drug abuse. "This is an epidemic and it's here," said Lt. Marlene Radzik of the …
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Portsmouth school officials on drug abuse: More help needed from parents

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PORTSMOUTH — The fight against youth substance abuse is headed to the middle school, but the battle will be lost without the help of parents, school and public safety officials say. "Kids don't start dropping out of school in high school. They start …
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