Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention

Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention – The Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative drug prevention project to reduce, delay, and prevent teen methamphetamine use in targeted commu…

Drug overdose deaths increase among middle-aged women

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ATLANTA — Middle-aged women account for the fastest-growing share of overdose deaths in the U.S., and their drug of choice is usually prescription painkillers, the government reported Tuesday. "It's a serious health problem and it's getting worse …
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Oregon city awash in fake cash

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Much of it is created by drug addicts in motel rooms, Mak said. “They will come into town and print it up in their motel and then spend it around before moving on to another city,” Mak said. It's difficult for victims to recoup their loss unless a …
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One man's ripple effect touches river's life, history

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With help from some of his young charges, he cleared the debris and blackberries that overran a former dump site where the River Resource Museum now stands, at the base of an old decommissioned Oregon City water tower. The site became ground zero for …
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