InterACT – Prescripton Drug Abuse – Part 1
InterACT – Prescripton Drug Abuse – Part 1 – The InterACT Theatre Project for Social Change is a collaborative project co–sponsored by the Department of Theatre and the University Center for the Advanc…
Underappreciated jobs
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Social service workers: I've worked nearly 23 years for a large substance abuse prevention and treatment agency in Lake County, Ill. I left the low-paying jobs in journalism for the low-paying jobs in the social service field. Still, it's a thrill to …
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Teen prescription drug abuse: A growing menace
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One in four teens (24 percent) reports having misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime (up from 18 percent in 2008), which translates to about 5 million teens. That is a 33 percent increase over a five-year period. * Of …
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Georgetown's dark knights: GERMS's 30 years of keeping the community safe
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“I think that's what created that initial foundation of trust that has grown and been the core of university acceptance.” Yet while the organization receives many calls, GERMS fights the perception that its … “There's a really negative stigma with …
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