In the Fight Against Heroin, Help Stalls in Trenton as Frustration Grows [Video]

Published December 28, 2013

In the fight against heroin, help stalls in Trenton as frustration grows
… at age 21 of a prescription drug overdose at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Teddy, a young addict from Cherry Hill, was kicked out of the military because of a prescription painkiller addiction; both his parents had lost their jobs and could not …
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Survey: Pot more popular among high schoolers; other drugs declining
Students continue to abuse Adderall, a prescription drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but abuse of the narcotic Vicodin among high school seniors has decreased more than 5 percentage points over the past 10 years, the study …
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Unemeployment benefits debate; bills to fight drug abuse; Lake Erie Caucus …
Tuesday, a bipartisan handful of representatives unveiled a wide-ranging package of bills that could dramatically reform opioid prescription practices and addiction treatment services in Ohio. The nation's opiate boom can be traced back to the 1980s …
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