Bill Would Let DPH Chief Pull Synthetic Drugs From Store Shelves

Published June 12, 2013

Bill would let DPH chief pull synthetic drugs from store shelves

Filed under: drug abuse help for parents

Parents, pharmacists and substance abuse counselors implored lawmakers to give the commissioner emergency powers to temporarily ban new addictive designer drugs that crop up, while state health officials decide whether to permanently schedule them as …
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Raleigh board revisits drug testing policy

Filed under: drug abuse help for parents

Proponents said that the policy can help lower adult addiction rates in the county and help the employability of workers in the area. Several … McClure, who mentors at a local elementary school, said he knows that educators often act as “parents” to …
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Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout NJ; skyrocket in Ocean County

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Statewide, records show the number of people between the ages of 18 and 25 seeking treatment for opiate addiction jumped by 12 percent between 2010 and 2011, the last year for which data is available. There were 368 deaths related to heroin in the …
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