Drug Addiction Center May Soon Locate in Mercer Co.
Drug addiction center may soon locate in Mercer Co.
BLUEFIELD (WVVA)-A long-term drug addiction center could soon be coming to Mercer County . Scott Adkins, Executive Director of The Healing Place in Huntington, tells WVVA they are awaiting approval for a $ 440,000 state grant. The treatment facility …
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Fatal drug overdoses continue rise in '12
Chrystina's addictions to Ecstasy, prescription drugs and, ultimately, heroin transformed her from a laughing, smiling person into one who couldn't quit, even to spare her second daughter the effects of drugs during pregnancy, said Beth, of Marion …
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Clayton County Church Bulletin
Clayton County Church Bulletin
For more information, call the club at 770-471-5143 or email to [email protected]. Sacred Praise United Methodist Church, 11622 … Community Bible Church, at 2001 Jodeco Road in Stockbridge, offers Celebrate Recovery every Thursday, starting …
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Indian voters lured by cash handouts, drugs, bootleg liquor
"The seizures that we have made of cash, liquor and drugs are far bigger than we had anticipated. The scale of the problem is immense," P.K. Dash, who leads the expenditure monitoring effort at the independent Election Commission, told Reuters.
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Kentucky Officials Look for Local Heroin Solutions
Kentucky officials look for local heroin solutions
Dr. Bonnie Hedrick of the Northern Kentucky Agency for Drug Abuse Policy says her organization has already begun needle cleanup projects and is pushing local doctors to prescribe the antidote to addicts. Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force Director …
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A cause outshines bridge scandal as Christie visits Jersey City event
Chris Christie, beset by scandal, came to Jersey City, as did U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, who is investigating the scandal; the city's mayor, Steve Fulop, whose name has come up (innocently) in the scandal; and former Gov. Jim McGreevey, who …
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Kentucky Officials Look for Local Heroin Solutions
Kentucky officials look for local heroin solutions
Dr. Bonnie Hedrick of the Northern Kentucky Agency for Drug Abuse Policy says her organization has already begun needle cleanup projects and is pushing local doctors to prescribe the antidote to addicts. Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force Director …
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US judge blocks Mass. ban on painkiller
US District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel said in a five-page ruling that the Food and Drug Administration approved Zohydro after a screening process, in spite of the state's concerns that it could lead to opiate addictions, and so the state could not enact …
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Julian Mann: Taking Illegal Drugs Is No Less Evil Than Sexual Harrassment
Julian Mann: Taking illegal drugs is no less evil than sexual harrassment
I can, however, testify from pastoral experience to the human misery drug abuse causes. I have witnessed the profound grief it causes the families, particularly the mothers, of those who choose to take illegal drugs. Furthermore, whilst it can be …
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Three people linked in death by heroin, a longtime DC drug dealer and an …
Strangers to one another in life, they shared an addiction to heroin, fueled by the same D.C. drug dealer. And one by one, they died using a deadly substance that authorities say has permeated the East Coast, leaving a trail of grieving family members.
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Local Drug Doctor Faces Medical Board
Local drug doctor faces medical board
A Foley Doctor is expected in Montgomery, Ala. Thursday, April 17 to answer to allegations of drug addiction following his high profile arrest in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Dr. Thomas Syverson is accused of being a danger to his patients and the public …
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California Ballot Initiative Will Enact Nation's First Law Requiring Random …
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A USA Today report finds that 103,000 medical professionals are abusing prescription drugs every year, yet most of the addicted doctors are never caught and place their patients at risk.
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