100 Americans Die of Drug Overdoses Each Day. How Do We Stop That?
100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that?
I've researched drugs and addiction for about 25 years. I'm also a trained clinician, and I've treated people for addiction. Last but not least, I work extensively with public policy makers. I was a senior policy adviser at the White House Office of …
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Obama administration: 'We cannot arrest our way out of the drug problem'
Roughly 100 Americans died from overdose daily in 2010. More than forty percent of the deaths that year involved prescription painkillers. Heroin played a role in about 3,000 deaths. These statistics speak of drug-related incidents killing more people …
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