WV Has Highest Drug Overdose Rate in the Nation, New Study Says

WV has highest drug overdose rate in the nation, new study says
Trust for America's Health said West Virginia is making significant strides to tackle the issue, noting the Mountain State is using eight of 10 promising strategies to curb prescription drug abuse. The trust says some strategies to curb the problem …
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Governor hosts drug abuse summits
LePage hosted a summit to address one of the most pressing Problems in Maine right now… drug abuse. The message was simple, if we can cut out the drugs we'll see a significant drop in our crime rate. "Drug use is driving the crime in this state. I'll …
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District drug, alcohol abuse rates down
DEL NORTE – Joyce Housden, of Rio Grande Prevention Partners, gave a PowerPoint presentation of an ongoing survey on substance abuse during the recent Del Norte School Board meeting. Ten comparison graphs were used to illustrate the survey of the …
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More U.S. Deaths from Prescription Drug Abuse than from Heroin and Cocaine …
In another sign of how big America's prescription drug overdose problem has become, deaths stemming from the aforementioned outnumber all heroin and cocaine overdoses combined. … In 10 of those states, rates tripled; in four of them, they quadrupled.
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