UN Anti-Narcotics Panel Urges Greater Stock in Prevention, Treatment of Drug Abuse

Published March 4, 2014

UN anti-narcotics panel urges greater stock in prevention, treatment of drug abuse
Investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to significant savings in health-care and crime-related costs, and alleviate the suffering of drug-dependent users and their families, the independent United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide said in a report released today. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

NIDA's Director Tells Us What We Know—and Need to Know—About Marijuana
In an exclusive interview with National Geographic, Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shares her concerns about the consequences of legalizing the drug. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

School Program Works to Battle Prescription Drug Abuse
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — New research shows that a school-based prevention program can help in the fight against prescription drug abuse among teens. A study from Duke and Penn State Universities found that while the effectiveness of school-based programs differ, one program was not only effective when used by itself but also among the most cost-effective programs … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Drug abuse rampant in Ba Kelalan — Rep
KUCHING: Ba Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian is concerned about the severity of drug abuse among youths in his […] Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

U.N. condemns Washington, Colorado on legal pot
The United Nations' drug watchdog agency says that the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington poses a threat to the international fight against drug abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results