Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – the Atlantic

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – The Atlantic


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Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
The Atlantic
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a "crisis" or a "serious problem" in the U.S. That number hasn't changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are …
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Continuing the effort against drug abuse in Ohio – Sidney Daily News (subscription)

Continuing the effort against drug abuse in Ohio
Sidney Daily News (subscription)
Drugs, particularly substances like heroin, cocaine and prescriptions, are causing big problems for Ohio's families and high costs on the state's taxpayers. In fact, costs to Ohio taxpayers caused by addiction range upward of $ 3.5 billion each year

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Two couples two cases of drug abuse – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Two couples two cases of drug abuse
Coldwater Daily Reporter
By Don Reid. [email protected]. COLDWATER — Two couples face meth charges after an investigation last month by Michigan State Police Trooper Keegan Riley. Erica Lowe, 32 and boyfriend Andrew Miller, 27 of Quincy are charged with possession of meth …

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Drug abuse discussion to be held in Horicon
Drug abuse discussion to be held in Horicon. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Posted: Friday, April 4, 2014 11:46 am. Drug abuse discussion to be held in Horicon 0 comments. kAmw …
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PROJECT LAZARUS: Program to prevent prescription drug abuse, overdose
According to at least one state expert, North Carolina and Lee County are facing a prescription drug overdose epidemic. "If we are not doing anything about it, it is not going away," said Project Lazarus founder and CEO Fred Brason. "It's not something …
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