Drug Abuse

Drug Abuse Statistics: Community Forum on Student Drug Abuse Held at Elma Town Hall
Due to a rising number of local drug-related incidents and even deaths, people from Elma, Marilla and Wales have joined together to create a task force called “I-TAC” (“It Takes a Community” to save a life) and on Oct. 26 they hosted a forum on student drug abuse. The standing-room-only crowd at the Elma Town Hall consisted of parents, students, local businesspeople and task force members …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Oklahoma Has Highest Rate of Narcotic Painkiller Abuse
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the results of a study Tuesday related to the use, misuse and abuse of narcotic painkillers by Americans. Among the statistics listed: Oklahoma residents self-reported the highest rate of painkiller abuse in the nation.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Piedmont Man Lost Two Family Members to Prescription Drug Abuse
NC prescription drug deaths rose 500 percent in decade A Pilot Mountain man knows too well how prescription drug abuse can affect a family. Two of his family members died in just four years.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Ghana: Ecowas Collaborates to Address Alcohol, Drug Use Among Youth
STATISTICS FROM the United Nations Office for Drug Control (UNODC) World Drug Report indicate that there are signs of an increase in drug use and abuse in developing countries, including those in the West African region, which has further metamorphosed from shipment routes to drug consumption centres.
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Drug Abuse Statistics: NIH study examines nicotine as a gateway drug
A landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person’s future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study is the first to show that nicotine might prime the brain to enhance …
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