Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fifth Grade Graduates Recognized by St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office
Drug Abuse Resistance Education fifth grade graduates recognized by St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office honored St. Bernard Parish fifth-graders who recently completed a 12-week program in Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, taught by instructors from the Sheriff’s Office. The program is aimed at trying to keep kids …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) — The United States appears to be in the throes of a prescription drug abuse crisis among teens, with a new survey showing that 24 percent of high school students — more than 5 million kids — have abused these medications.
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State officials unhappy with proposed switch in drug abuse office
Senators on Monday approved a proposal for a bureaucratic shuffle that has alarmed some state health officials. The Senate OK’d a budget amendment that would transfer oversight of the state office that runs substance abuse programs from the Health …
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Garfield Co. group gets grant to combat prescription drug abuse
ENID, Okla. — The newly formed County Health Improvement Organization in Garfield County has been given a $ 10,000 grant to fight prescription drug abuse in the county. Allison Seigars, associate director of Rural Health Projects, Northwest Area Health …
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Billerica school chief: Local 'pledge' project does not reduce drug use
BILLERICA — Kids can be seen wearing the purple shirts all over town, and the Facebook page has attracted thousands of followers in the last few months. But the Billerica Project, a nonprofit that focuses on substance-abuse education, prevention and …
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Dean McDermott Blames His Cheating on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
In a new preview clip for True Tori, a Lifetime reality show essentially based on the decay of Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott's marriage, cheating spouse McDermott is blaming his infidelity on everything but himself again. The actor, who cheated on …
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School drug testing: St. Ignatius letter to parents
In the letter to parents, St. Ignatius president Fr. William Murphy and Principal Daniel Bradesca call drug abuse "€œthe largest single threat to high school student achievement facing our country today,"€ and "€œeven though there is no evidence of …
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