Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse
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Annual Substance Use and Addiction Conference to be held on April 29
February 19, 2024
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Annual Substance Use and Addiction Conference to be held May 1
February 27, 2023
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Examining the opioid epidemic through the lens of crime data
January 24, 2022
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Addressing stigma and discrimination one story at a time
March 22, 2021
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Four Penn State researchers join the Social Science Research Institute
September 23, 2020
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre to host Executive Management Series on Oct. 3
September 23, 2019
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Opioid addiction treatment in teens focus of new project
April 04, 2019
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Abington faculty member awarded $2.7M to help fight opioid crisis
February 01, 2019
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Seed funding available to combat substance abuse
December 07, 2018
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Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse announces fellows program
October 10, 2018
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Penn State launches new consortium to combat the opioid crisis
October 02, 2018
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Annual Substance Use and Addiction Conference to be held on April 29
February 19, 2024
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Annual Substance Use and Addiction Conference to be held May 1
February 27, 2023
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Examining the opioid epidemic through the lens of crime data
January 24, 2022
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Addressing stigma and discrimination one story at a time
March 22, 2021
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Four Penn State researchers join the Social Science Research Institute
September 23, 2020
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre to host Executive Management Series on Oct. 3
September 23, 2019
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Opioid addiction treatment in teens focus of new project
April 04, 2019
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Abington faculty member awarded $2.7M to help fight opioid crisis
February 01, 2019
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Seed funding available to combat substance abuse
December 07, 2018
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Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse announces fellows program
October 10, 2018
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Penn State launches new consortium to combat the opioid crisis
October 02, 2018
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