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Alaskans Turn In 1,838 Pounds of Unused Prescription Medication
Channel 2 NewsAlaskans turned in 1,838 pounds of prescription medication during the fifth Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Take-Back event on September 29. Rates of prescription drug use in the U.S. are alarmingly high. More Americans...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines
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Our View: Teen prescription drug abuse hits home
Most of us have seen the commercials warning parents and other adult family members to safeguard their prescription medications from teenagers. Those warnings hit home this week when eight Imperial County teens in two cities and two separate cases...Tags: Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Research, Lifestyle and Leisure, Substance Abuse
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Community concerned about drug use
Friends and family members of a recently deceased, drug-addicted teen who attended Huntington Beach High School urged the City Council on Monday to work with schools in combating drug use among youths. "You guys have to do something about it," said an...
Tags: Heroin, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Prescription Drugs
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Police collecting unwanted, unused prescription drugs
Staff reporterPrescription drug use is skyrocketing in the U.S. with millions illegally or improperly using the drugs. Tomorrow is an opportunity to clean out those unused drugs from the medicine cabinets at home and make everyone a little safer. Over the past decade,...Tags: Heroin, Lifestyle and Leisure, PlayStation Portable, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Recreational Substance Use
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DEA blocks controlled-substance distribution at Florida Walgreens facility
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday banned a Walgreens distribution center in Jupiter from dispensing controlled substances to its pharmacies in Florida and the East Coast, saying the business constituted an "imminent danger" to the public....
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Lifestyle and Leisure, Chemical Industry, CVS Corp., Recreational Substance Use
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Mailbag: What happened to zero tolerance at CdM?
Re. "CdM's Brown kills addiction," (Sports, May 18): I enjoyed reading your article regarding CdM's star volleyball player, Parker Brown and, am so happy that he is on his way to a sober lifestyle. My question is this: What do parents like myself tell...Tags: John Wayne, Students, Landforms, Lifestyle and Leisure, California Interscholastic Federation
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Baby boomers unknowingly infected with hepatitis C
When Alan Shackelford's ankles would swell up, he brushed it off as another sign of getting older — only to find out it was a symptom of something much worse.
The 59-year-old Windsor Mill man was shocked when his doctor recently diagnosed him...Tags: Hepatitis, Blood Transfusion, Windsor Mill, Diseases and Illnesses, Emergency Health Procedures
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Lance Armstrong's Legacy Could Resemble That of A British Cyclist Who Died From Dope 45 Years Ago
Lance Armstrong’s decision to give up his fight against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s allegations against him – which has resulted in his being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport – has led to lots...
Tags: Tour de France, Heat Stroke, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lance Armstrong, Recreational Substance Use
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Lance Armstrong will not fight USADA doping allegations.
Staff reporterThe U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug charges that threaten his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists of all...Tags: Tour de France, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Research, Pursuit Cycling, Lance Armstrong
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Ex-pro player's story inspirational
This past week, I have not been able to spend my time the way I like to. Instead, it has been spent in bed recuperating from the chemo treatment I had last Tuesday. I tried to remind myself of all the times my life has been so busy that I used to wish...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Treatments, Recreational Substance Use, Chemotherapy
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Crescenta Valley coalition working on strategic plan to curb teen drug use
From better educating parents aboutdrug use to creating informational fliers, stakeholders with the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition on Friday mulled over ideas to reduce substance abuse among youths. Stakeholders from various local...Tags: Google Inc., Lifestyle and Leisure, Substance Abuse, Linda Evans, Recreational Substance Use
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Autopsy: Man killed in crash with W.Va. school bus was abusing drugs
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA Virginia man who died in May after crashing into a Berkeley County school bus on Interstate 81 was abusing drugs that were not prescribed to him, according to findings released by the state medical examiner’s office. Mark Allen Diggs, 42, of...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Accidental Death, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Injuries and Wounds
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