Heroin Use Increasing Among Teens and Young Adults

Heroin use increasing among teens and young adults

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Drug abuse and addiction strangles the heart and soul of a person. Users aren't always poor, uneducated, immoral or bad people. Addicts can also be smart, wealthy, good-hearted people; your neighbor, minister, family member, banker and yes, your child.
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Survey shows risk factors on the rise for Grand County kids

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The numbers from the latest Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey are in, and the news, for the most part, isn't good, according to Beth Joseph co-chairwoman of the Moab Community Action Coalition and a member of the Grand County Board of …
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EDITORIAL: New Jersey can't afford to put off heroin report

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Members of the task force have reviewed sections of it. But there's no … The number of regular heroin users rose from 239,000 in 2010 to 335,000 in 2012, even as the number of OxyContin abusers fell from 566,000 to 358,000, the National Survey on …
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CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: February 6

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The Chesterfield Township Against Substance Abuse meeting will be held 3:45 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the … Keen Agers begin with a potluck lunch which is served at noon and members bring whatever they would like to share. The meetings start … The …
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