Texas Drug Rehabilitation News

Popping pills in the suburbs?

By Dave Fehling / 11 News

There have been recent raids on dealers of prescription narcotics stolen from pharmacies.

But the story-behind-the-story is the people who may be in your neighborhood or where you work who are getting high popping pain pills.

It’s drug abuse that may defy every stereotype you have about who’s addicted and who’s a dealer.

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Call us now to get help for a loved one from Texas in need of an effective drug rehab program 1-800-395-8831.

More Texas students are getting in trouble for drugs

Statewide rise in discipline for possession, sales not pegged to just one cause, educators say

By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
tdhobbs@dallasnews.com

More students in North Texas – and across the state – are being disciplined for having used, sold or possessed drugs or controlled substances on campuses, according to information released by the state.

In the Texas Education Agency region that includes Dallas, Collin and Rockwall counties, the number of incidents in which students were disciplined for drug infractions rose 13 percent between 2005-06 and 2006-07, according to data compiled by the TEA.

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