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Prescription Drug Abuse a Problem

Prescription drug abuse a problem
The House Public Health Committee is looking to “recommend strategies to curb emerging substance abuse trends among children, pregnant women, and adults, as well as to reduce health care costs and mortality,” according to the speaker's interim charge.
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Reps. Chris Taylor and Terese Berceau: Pregnant women shouldn't be second
Last July, Alicia Beltran, of Jackson, admitted during a prenatal visit that she previously had a prescription drug addiction. Several days later, despite passing a urine test proving she was no longer using drugs, she was arrested, handcuffed …
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Local community council votes down needle exchange
The RV allows addicts to exchange a dirty needle for a clean one, offers testing for Hepatitis C, HIV and pregnancy and offers information about treatment for drug addiction. "We're going to have multiple sites. We want to be down here because we want …
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