• Five panelists review opioids and their presence in the community

    Five panelists review opioids and their presence in the community

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    • February 22, 2018

    Elizabethtown College students, faculty and community members gathered in Gibble Auditorium for an Opioid Epidemic Symposium Monday, Feb. 19. Panelists discussed everything from why these opioids, such as heroin, are so addictive, how to help people overcome addictions and the impact opioid problems can have on families. Pennsylvania now has the fourth-highest opioid overdose rate

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  • Elizabethtown shops shut down for selling drugs

    Elizabethtown shops shut down for selling drugs

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    • February 16, 2012

    CR’s Friendly Market, a convenience store located on East High Street in Elizabethtown, was caught selling synthetic marijuana and bath salts in exchange for food stamps. The Pennsylvania Legislature banned these illegal drugs last year and those who purchased the substances were illegally using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards, which are solely intended

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  • Federal drug prohibition hinders economy

    Federal drug prohibition hinders economy

    Drug prohibition has failed in the U.S. and will someday end just as alcohol prohibition did in 1933. Despite the legal consequences of illicit drug use, some 22 million Americans use illegal drugs. And support for legalization of marijuana, the most widely used illegal drug, has been growing in past years with Gallup Polls reporting

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