Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription Drug Abuse – It’s estimated 300000 Oklahomans are addicted to prescription drugs and the vast majority get them from a doctor or someone they know. A bill advancing thro…

Youths attend drug abuse forum

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Jonathan Judge, program director with Rise Above Colorado, handled much of the presentation and presented the children with some startling statistics regarding prescription drug abuse. He said nearly 30 percent of Colorado's 12th-graders have taken a …
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Poignant Portraits Of Homeless Individuals Give A Human Face To Poverty

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She made money for several years, and when her luck in the industry ran out, she moved to Miami, slipping into a pattern of homelessness, drug use and prostitution. But her connection with Jeffries reveals the touching humanity of her unique experience …
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Life After Happily Ever After

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Gay and lesbian teens still suffer from bullying, low-esteem, higher rates of suicide and drug abuse and reports of bullying in the workplace and hate crimes still abound. A big celebrity gay wedding is all very well, but lift the surface of England's …
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