Drug Abuse Articles page 6

Banner-Graphic - Putnam County Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter talks to students and teachers about the dangers of prescription drug abuse at the P.I.E Coalition breakfast Monday. The breakfast kicked off a week of events for Red Ribbon Week, a drug prevention awareness ...

Oroville Mercury-Register - Kent had problems," and four officers told a colleague or supervisor they suspected a substance abuse problem, the chief "was never informed and did not suspect any drug abuse until November 2005." In the report, Hambleton states that "supervisors ...

Wired News - Like PCP and ketamine, DXM is also an NMDA receptor antagonist, so the National Institute on Drug Abuse lists it as a "dissociative" drug. Twelve times the recommended dose of NyQuil leads to distorted perceptions of sight and sound and produces ...

BruDirect - Tutong - The rising number of drug abuse cases outside the Brunei-Muara District has raised concerns as the nation's agency responsible in the eradication of such negative continues to battle the scourge. The Narcotics Control Bureau's law enforcers ...

News 8 Austin - HOUSTON -- Law enforcement officials warn that abuse of prescription painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs is on the rise in Southeast Texas. They say increased state regulation is required to address the growing problem. Houston narcotics officers this ...

Forbes - Department of Defense's annual Red Ribbon Week, a national drug abuse prevention campaign created in honor of slain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. Con-way is a $4.7 billion freight transportation and global ...

FOX News - The beleaguered pop star — who I told you on Thursday recently admitted in sworn testimony to impairment due to prescription drug abuse — is living in Washington, D.C., where he’s renting an expensive home. Meanwhile, his Neverland Ranch stands ...

Palm Beach Interactive - Since the slaying, Fronstin said, Daniel Gorenberg had slipped into drug abuse as a means of coping. However, the attorney added, the son had been improving since his arrest in Delray Beach. "It's a shame that the detectives are coming after him now ...

Contra Costa Times - ... Bob Tyler, president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, an organization of independent counselors. And the standards are too low, he said. For instance, counselors in California need 160 hours of supervised training ...

Guardian Unlimited - Since this region serves the perception of bodily needs and emotions, it may be a key structure in decision making by informing the executive prefrontal cortex of our needs as in the case of drug abuse." The team, writing in the journal Science ...