Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse in Your Community

Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse In Your Community – This video will highlight dangers of prescription drug abuse, and how to fight the epidemic in your community. The Generation Rx Initiative, a partnership between The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and the Cardinal Health Foundation. It provides a number of resources aimed to empower communities to tackle prescription drug abuse and increase awareness about the issue. Learn more at go.osu.edu

Gina honoured for help in the community

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Wollongong volunteer Gina Mammone is a lifeline for many young girls in the region suffering abuse and violence, parental drug addiction, loss, illness or depression – but she would be the last person to draw attention to it. The humble 45-year-old …
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Do we actually want to rid Europe of its sex workers?

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Are you a rescuer, for whom one woman's willing wage-earning cannot trump the plight of the exploited, drug-addicted abuse survivor? Or an enabler, swallowing whole the inevitability of sex work, mythologising the happy hooker, or daring to suggest …
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Telford father establishes Matthew Lang Cassel Foundation after drugs take …

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John is now devoting his time 24/7 to his son's foundation. It's not the first time he has tried to help those struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. In 1970, John joined a Lansdale helpline for people struggling with alcohol or drug temptations. He …
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