Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction on the Rise; Better Laws, More Public Awareness Needed
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, use of illicit drugs in the United States has been increasing. In their Nationwide Trends report (updated January, 2014), in 2012 an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older, approximately 9% of the population, had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication in the past month. Continue reading ? Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

Study: Americans snorting less cocaine, smoking more pot
Brooks Hays WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) — A new study suggests American cocaine use has dropped by more than 50 percent, while marijuana use is up some 30 percent. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont
MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin highlighted the opiate addiction crisis in Vermont in his State of the State address, but statistics show no significant rise in accidental drug overdose deaths from opiates over the past eight years, according to a new Health Department report. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results