Teen warns peers on prescription drug abuse in Iowa
17 year old Taryn Erbes from Kennedy High School recounts how a party pill led to daily dependence on Xanax and OxyContin. Her mother describes behavioral changes and a hospital admission before entering a 90 day inpatient program. Community leaders urge parental dialogue and secure medication disposal.
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Cedar Rapids
Taryn Erbes
Kennedy High School
Erbes
Area Substance Abuse Council
Ladd Library
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center
Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy
Iowa
TLC
Dale Woolery
ODCP
Woolery
Emily Blomme
SAIC
Blomme
Government reaches deal to advance death gratuity during shutdown
A charity will advance the $100,000 death gratuity to families of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan, with the Pentagon to reimburse after the shutdown ends. Fisher House Foundation provides funds as lawmakers and the White House seek immediate resumption of payments.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Defense
Chuck Hagel
Dover Air Force Base
U.S
Afghanistan
Tom
Department of Defense
Hagel
White House
Barack Obama
White House Budget Office
Fisher House Foundation
Delaware
Emony
United States
Sgt
Joseph Peters
Springfield
NBC
Ashley Peters
John McCain
R-Ariz
Congress
House
Iraq
Department of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
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