Grappling With Suicide: Oklahoma's Suicide Rate Above the National Average

Grappling with suicide: Oklahoma's suicide rate above the national average
[rewrite]In the meantime, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is developing its own suicide prevention plan, using $ 500,000 in state funding in addition to federal grants. … Nearly a decade after her teenage son killed …[/rewrite]
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Moore County Health Department to Celebrate Red Ribbon Week
[rewrite]… prescription drug abuse by helping citizens dispose of their excess, unused or expired medications at specified drop sites throughout the county. Other activities include Red Ribbon celebrations and special assembly programs presented by Sandhills …[/rewrite]
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Study: 10 percent of teens in the ER abuse prescription drugs
[rewrite]Approximately one in 10 young teenagers receiving emergency medical treatment admitted to abusing prescription painkillers and sedatives like Oxycontin and Valium within the last year, according to new research from the University of Michigan released …[/rewrite]
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Naked teen Amanda Kelly helped in brutal drug murder of David Houston in …
[rewrite]A teenager who helped her drug-fuelled boyfriend in the brutal murder of an acquaintance before his body was covered in acid and dumped in a shallow grave should not get a life sentence, a court has heard. Amanda Jane Kelly, 19, pleaded guilty to her …[/rewrite]
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