Announcement of Drug Abuse Screening Grant Swerves Into Politics

Published February 9, 2014

Announcement of drug abuse screening grant swerves into politics
Peter Shumlin's announcement of a $ 10 million grant for substance abuse screening and intervention was hijacked by a litany of other issues. At a news conference Friday at the Community Health Center, reporters had few questions about the planned …
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Abusing prescription drugs
The danger of rising heroin use made headlines recently when actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent overdose. Authorities said they found heroin and prescription drugs at his residence. Hoffman told an interviewer he had resumed a history of …
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Hispanic teens and adults differ significantly when it comes to drug abuse
While marijuana still tops the list of the most abused drugs by Hispanic teenagers, the data indicates Hispanic teens also top the lists of most frequent users for alcohol, cocaine and ecstasy. The most recent Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS …
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