High youth suicide rate in county merits national grant

Filed under: Oregon Drug Abuse

The national grant, initiated in honor of former Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith's son who committed suicide in 2003, was awarded by the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation. “Crawford County has been around the top 15 and top five (in youth suicides) in the …
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Rx Drug Tracking Could Have QA Use, Review Finds

Filed under: Oregon Drug Abuse

"Although prescription monitoring programs were developed as law enforcement tools, an unrealized value may be in clinical care," Richard Deyo, MD, MPH, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, and colleagues wrote in an article published …
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Preventing drug abuse is a goal of Project LEAD

Filed under: Oregon Drug Abuse

The Project LEAD coalition met Monday afternoon to begin developing a system to help Ogle County youths avoid abusing drugs and alcohol. "Our mission thus far is to reduce substance abuse by creating an environment to build up our youth," said Erin …
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