Drug Abuse: Treating, Tracking Addiction Increase – Youngstown Vindicator

Drug Abuse: Treating, tracking addiction increase – Youngstown Vindicator

Treating, tracking addiction increase
Youngstown Vindicator
Sgt. Michael Hughes, supervisor of the township police department's narcotics team, said prescription-drug abuse is “absolutely rising,” but the top drug problem is with heroin and cocaine. He agrees many robberies, thefts and burglaries are committed
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Drug Abuse: Focus on early prevention – Boston Globe

Focus on early prevention
Boston Globe
Universal screening tools should be used to detect mental and substance use disorders early, allowing for treatment at a low level of acuity. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that each dollar invested in research-based substanceabuse

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Drug Abuse: Drug abuse with bath salts on rise in Valley – New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Drug abuse with bath salts on rise in Valley
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
“Everything we're hearing is that the effects of this drug abuse is some of the worst in 20 years,” said detective Captain Orvis Campbell of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office. “Locally, some of the users have become violent.

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Drug Abuse: Police, prosecutors bemoan drug and alcohol diversion program cuts – The Union Leader

Police, prosecutors bemoan drug and alcohol diversion program cuts
The Union Leader
Wageling, who serves in the Superior Courts in Strafford and Sullivan counties, said that both counties have so-called “Drug Courts” that can divert cases directly linked to substance abuse to a specialized court that requires offenders to undergo

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