Drug Addiction Statistics in the News

Drug Addiction Statistics: Police efforts better focused on violent crime than on drugs
The fact that our law enforcement is trying to deal with the complex social issue of drug abuse is great, but if you review the statistics in the introduction of this column, notice that even the highest percentage of drugs mentioned is relatively …
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Drug Addiction Statistics: Addiction and Recovery Statistics
In 2001 an estimated 20.5% of adults living in the Austin metropolitan area suffered from alcoholism, and an additional 10.7% were afflicted with drug addiction, making Austin the area with the highest per capita drug abuse rates in all of Texas. …
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Drug Addiction Statistics: A new methadone clinic planned in Sanford addresses a growing problem
Methadone is a controlled substance administered in clinics to treat patients suffering from drug addiction, usually involving heroin, prescription painkillers or related opiates. Statistics from the state Department of Health and Human Services point …
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Drug Addiction Statistics: In Singapore, Harsh Drug Laws Leave Room for Improvement
Admitting to an error in the compilation of statistics, the bureau said figures now showed that in 2008 there had been 2537 arrests for drug abuse compared with the 1925 originally reported, and that in 2010 there were 2887 arrests instead of the …
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