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Drug Danger Shifting to Synthetics

Drug danger shifting to synthetics

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Prescription drugs taken back by state (since 2010): Missouri 69,520 lbs. Kansas 24,557 lbs. … NIXA — Parents learned the evolving danger of drug abuse that their kids confront through a forum put on by Nixa Public Schools. The school district …
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Another report says 73.5% Punjab youth drug addicts

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The state disaster management plan for 2010-11 cites "drug addiction" under the "hazard" category and describes the menace as "grievous". Both revenue and disaster management departments come under cabinet minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia. The plan …
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Drug 'shooting galleries' to be tested by France

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France's health minister, Marisol Touraine (pictured), has said trial centres where drug addicts can safely inject their own drugs could open before the end of the year in a handful of French cities. By Joseph BAMAT … A similar poll by Ifop in August …
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Battle prescription drug abuse

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Prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions according to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that one-quarter of first-time drug users, 12 and older, began with using …
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