Kennedy: Help Stop Drug Addiction Before It Starts

Published April 26, 2014

Kennedy: Help stop drug addiction before it starts
Over two-thirds of people who abuse prescription medication obtain it through friends and family. Approximately 4 out of 5 heroin users started with prescription opioids before moving on to harder drugs. This Saturday, April 26, is National …
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Parents gather in Hillsdale to learn from father of drug addict
HILLSDALE – Before David Sheff, a journalist and author, stepped on the Pascack Valley High School stage to discuss his son's journey through drug addiction and rehabilitation, a Woodcliff Lake mother approached him in a small office in the school.
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Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers
BOSTON — Calling Brockton the “epicenter of the heroin crisis in southeastern Massachusetts,” the city's mayor, Bill Carpenter, is proposing tougher penalties for dealers caught trying to sell drugs within 300 feet of an addiction treatment center …
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What is Addiction? — Question: Most drugs aren’t habit forming, true or false? False. When a drug wears off, the person wants more. Drug Prevention Specialist, Bobby Wiggins, con…

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