With one of the highest substance abuse rates in the country, NH grant focuses …

With one of the highest substance abuse rates in the country, NH grant focuses …
For a state grappling with statistically high alcohol and drug use, a $ 2.25 million grant awarded to the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to implement a new screening program could help reduce substance abuse among youths and young adults.
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In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse
Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, used his State of the State Message on Wednesday in Montpelier to encourage public debate on the growing problem of drug abuse and addiction in his state. … Those same statistics are being replicated across the country.
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Is Decriminalization the Best Approach to Vermont's, and Nation's, Drug Abuse …
Subscribe. Last week, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin made history as the first governor to devote his entire State of the State address to drug abuse and addiction. This is a great milestone itself, but his proposed increases in funding … Fourteen …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: A Public Health Epidemic — Approximately 6.1 million Americans abuse or misuse prescription drugs. Since 1999, overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers have quadrupled and no…

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