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Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov't Stops Counting Drug Users
Daily Beast
Pioneered by Eric Wish in the 1970s, The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring survey (ADAM II)—cancelled as a result of budget cuts—went into what has become the virtual hub of America's drug war: prison. Originally known as Drug Use Forecasting (DUF), …

Drug Abuse – Google News

Drug abuse forum scheduled in Lima today – Lima Ohio

Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov’t Stops Counting Drug Users – Daily Beast

Gov't Stops Counting Drug Users
Daily Beast
Pioneered by Eric Wish in the 1970s, The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring survey (ADAM II)—cancelled as a result of budget cuts—went into what has become the virtual hub of America's drug war: prison. Originally known as Drug Use Forecasting (DUF), …

Drug Abuse – Google News

Drug abuse forum scheduled in Lima today – Lima Ohio

Mass. to Hold Prescription ‘Take Back Day’ to Curb Abuse – Boston.com

Mass. to hold prescription ‘Take Back Day’ to curb abuse – Boston.com

Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse
Boston.com
More than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs, more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to the advocacy organization Foundation for a Drug-Free World. The Centers for Disease …
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug MassLive.com

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How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan – NBCNews.com

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan – NBCNews.com

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
NBCNews.com
Editor's note: This story is part of a series, Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic, that will be featured on NBC News from April 7-9. The call came on a Saturday, a day after Thomas McLellan told an auditorium of graduate students to rethink the science …… Continue reading

Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com

Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com

Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug
MassLive.com
Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By …
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How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan – NBCNews.com

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan – NBCNews.com

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
NBCNews.com
But the 64-year-old McLellan is feeling downright sunny about the future of treatment. In fact, he thinks we're about to fix it for good, drawing lessons from a program now in use for addicted physicians and airline pilots. “You'll be happy to know …… Continue reading