Laura Hieb Column: Community Effort Confronts Alcohol, Drug Abuse

Published May 1, 2013

Laura Hieb column: Community effort confronts alcohol, drug abuse

Filed under: drug abuse

With the key priorities identified, the CHIP group approached area health systems to see if they would be willing to facilitate a community team to begin tackling the issues. Bellin Health agreed to take the lead on alcohol and drug use, and the …
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I-Team: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic

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Prescription drug abuse is causing overdoses and turning regular people into criminals. Popping painkillers, becoming addicted and then taking extreme measures to get more pills. Prescription drug overdoses now outnumber those of heroin and cocaine …
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Tassie's high drug abuse rate

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A new report reveals Tasmania has the highest abuse rate for the pharmaceutical opiate painkiller Oxycodone, and the secondhighest abuse of morphine and methadone. The Australian Drug Trends 2012 report says Tasmania has a "legal" drug culture not …
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