Prescription Drug Abuse in Kentucky


 

Prescription Drug Abuse in Kentucky – A brief video featuring the stories of Sarah Shay and Savannah Kissick, two girls from Morehead, Ky. who died of prescription drug overdoses. (Music: Kevin MacLeod)

 

Pot activists say BC could rake in billions if green was spent on legal grass

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"That data drives policy." The study comes as part of a growing campaign of health, legal and law experts to persuade politicians in B.C. to look at alternatives to the current system they argue fuels gang violence and does nothing to reduce drug use …
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John McAfee: 'I don't see myself as paranoid'

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He became passionate about ridding a local village, Carmelita, of crime and drug trade: he donated money for a school canteen, built a police station, gave the police rifles and batons, and began paying them. … Since then, McAfee has revealed more …
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Northport BOE OKs Drug Sweeps

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Trustee Joe Sabia, who first proposed the program to the Board last summer, said that drug abuse among students is a more pressing concern than any potential law suit. “Anything that we can do as a community to stop drug abuse is a feather in our hat …
Read more on Patch.com