Angela Plassmann: Drugs Hurt My Family


 

Angela Plassmann: Drugs Hurt My Family – Northampton Ward 3 City Councilor Angela Plassmann tells the School Committee how drug abuse severely impacted her teenage daughter. She asks the city to do …

 

American Association of Poison Control Centers Urges Safe Use of Prescription

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration state that prescription drug abuse is an epidemic,” Wahl said. “Prescription painkillers, specifically, are responsible for the bulk of this public health crisis …
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SAC Capital Affiliate Agrees To Pay More Than 0 Million In The Biggest

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

The SEC has charged a subsidiary of SAC Capital and its former manager Matthew Martoma with insider trading scheme involving a clinical trial for an Alzheimer's drug being jointly developed by two pharmaceutical companies. … “The historic monetary …
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Sobering lack of progress seen on women and alcohol

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

The 14-part series exposed the substance abuse risks faced by women and largely ignored or stigmatized by the public. … fats and tanning beds, and blissfully unaware of the harms associated with liquor,” she told an audience of nearly 50 policy …
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