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 … |
Health, government officials seek solutions on drug addiction – WMUR Manchester
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Health, government officials seek solutions on drug addiction
WMUR Manchester TWO SEPARATE EVENTS FOCUSING ON DRUG ABUSE WERE HELD TODAY. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ADDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES. THOSE CLOSE TO THE ISSUE SAY THERE … Heroin use rising in Arkansas; drug deaths rare A look at heroin abuse in Colorado Heroin use in Tennessee |
Surveys yet to link medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
"We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,'' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their usage.
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Sheriff addresses jail overcrowding, drug abuse
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens talked jails, guns and drugs Thursday morning at a breakfast event with members of Newport Beach's business community. Hutchens, who took the podium at the city's central library as part of the Newport Beach …
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