Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods
Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods
Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse
"Institutions have come to the realization that their success, and their viability as a business, is inextricably tied to the success or failure of the communities in which they're based," said Ted Howard, a University of Maryland researcher who …
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Scornaienchi re-eclected chairwoman of Howard Co. Alcohol and Drug Abuse …
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Joan Webb Scornaienchi, executive director of HC DrugFree, has been re-elected to a third term as the chair of the Howard County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Board, which reviews services and the need for services relating to alcohol and drug abuse …
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Prescription Painkillers Trail Only Marijuana in Abuse Rates, Report Shows
Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse
Some 22 million Americans have misused prescription painkillers since 2002, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). "Any time you have 2 percent of the population using medications like this … Four of …
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Boy Guilty Of Killing Neo-Nazi Dad Jeff Hall
Filed under: Maryland Drug Abuse
Riverside Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard weighed the severity of the crime versus whether the amount of abuse and neglect suffered by the boy, now 12, played a significant role in the slaying of 32-year-old Jeff Hall, a regional leader of the …
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