Rise in Rural Maine Burglaries Linked to Drug Abuse

20% of U.S. high schoolers abuse prescription drugs
One in five high school students in the United States has taken a prescription medication that was not prescribed for them, a new survey shows.

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State lawmakers propose restrictions on methadone treatment programs
As residents of Hazleton’s southside await a decision from Luzerne County Court on a city zoning variance that would permit an addiction treatment clinic to operate in their neighborhood, state lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would tighten regulations on the clinical use of methadone in addiction recovery.

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Rise in rural Maine burglaries linked to drug abuse
If 150 people were shot and killed in Maine this year, the public outrage would ripple from Kittery to Fort Kent, Maine’s top public safety official said Wednesday. So why isn’t there more concern that the same number of people died last year from drug overdoses, Commissioner Anne Jordan asked.

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