Urges Parents to Take Active Role in Teen Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse

Urges parents to take active role in teen prescription drug misuse and abuse

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Iowa is not immune to this trend. Improper use of prescription medicines is the fastest-growing form of substance abuse in Iowa. During the last decade, the number of Iowans age 12 or older treated for prescription painkiller abuse has increased 250 …
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Panel discusses medicinal marijuana options for Iowa

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Rice spoke up when the panel of health and substance abuse experts questioned the safety of Maggie's treatment, saying the side effects of early marijuana use are still untested. "She took lots of drugs and none have helped her spasms," Rice said.
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Asbury back in local court, pleads guilty to probation violation

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… on probation, he left the state of Indiana (to go to Iowa in early November) without receiving court permission to do so, and also failed to complete a court-ordered substance abuse treatment program by skipping his last two scheduled counseling …
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Dec. 19, 1995: Girl, 15, guilty of murder, will get life

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Iowa law requires that Fetters spend the rest of her life in prison, with no possibility of parole. District Judge Gene Needles will sentence her Jan. 12. "There was certainly a lot of evidence that she intended to do exactly what she did," said Steve …
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