Fast-changing threat: Synthetic drugs hard to regulate; zoning plan OK, but …

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MECCA, which operates substance abuse prevention and treatment services in several counties, treated 95 synthetic drug users under age 18 in FY2013, Greene told us, compared with 79 users in FY2011. The consequences of ingesting these unknown … Cedar …
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Most drug arrests don't mirror prescription abuse

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“Most of the overdose deaths have come from mixing prescription drugs and alcohol; I would attribute probably 80 percent of the deaths to prescription drugs, as opposed to methamphetamine or cocaine.” Prescription drugs often most deadly. Dr. Tennent …
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Editorial: 'Graduates' illustrate the payoff from drug courts

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The stories told last week about three people in the Tri-State all had their roots in despair brought about by addiction to drugs or alcohol. Steven McDonald, Denisha Biggs and Elizabeth Rayment all had become dependent on drugs or alcohol and, as a …
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