Maryland Leads Nation in Abusing Widely Used Prescriptions
Federal officials say Maryland ranks near the top among states for Dilaudid, Percodan and Ritalin abuse or illegal use. DEA researchers note no system tracks prescriptions, and a proposed statewide triplicate form plan seeks to curb doctor, pharmacist, and patient abuses amid medical opposition and concerns about access to needed meds.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Virgiia
District of Columbia
Drug Enforcement Agency
DEA
Governor’s Commission On Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Maryland General Assembly
J. Joseph Curran Jr
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
American Cancer Society
Robert R. Neall
Drug Commission
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Joseph Ciarrecchi
Taylor Manor Hospital
Howard County
State Health Department
Health Department
UM Faces Sharp Shortage of Upper Level Course Seats
University of Maryland College Park faces a shortage of 1 700 seats for junior and senior advanced courses while only 1 200 openings exist Transfers from other colleges and many regional students risk not getting required upper level courses this January Deans blame reduced class sizes and growing demand across the social sciences and humanities for the squeeze.
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College Park
University of Maryland At College Park
Murray E. Polakoff
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
The
Baltimore) Sun
Red contact lenses for chickens spark Wellesley venture
Randall E. Wise, Harvard MBA founder of Animatess Inc., pivots from software to selling rose red eye lenses for laying hens. Lenses aim to reduce pecking and boost egg production, with claimed savings and price of 15 cents per pair in bulk. Field tests done. product poised for a 1980 growth turn.
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Mass
Randall E. Wine
Harvard
Wite
Animatess Inc
Mr. Wise
Mr Wise
Beta
Calfornia
Wise
Boston
Owl
Massachusetts
Parolee totals rise in 1988 marking decade high
State and federal parolees increased 12.5 percent in 1988, the largest rise of the decade, with federal parolees up 8.7 percent. The Bureau of Justice Statistics notes the overall adult parole population grew from 362,748 to 407,977.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Benjamin F. Baer
U.S
Parole Commission
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Bureau of Prisons
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