Drug Abuse

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Middle age drink-drug cases surge
People in their 40s have the highest rates of being admitted to hospital for drink or drug abuse, a report found. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Cutting down on drug abuse, trafficking
Recently, I was successful in pressing the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to expand the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), which enables our state’s law enforcement officers and officials to access additional federal resources to further their drug control and prevention efforts. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

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DHHS Invites Leaders To First Meeting of Crisis Solutions Coalition Dec. 9 …
Dave Richard, Director of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, will hold a Twitter town hall on Monday, Dec. 2, to discuss and answer questions about the McCrory Administration's Crisis Solutions …
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Town gets 5K grant to battle substance abuse
Gil Kerikowske, director of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in the release that, “with the premise that local problems need local solutions, the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program is designed to support communities as they …
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Question by John Smith: why is marijuana stated as dangerous and very addictive on the DEA website?
I looked on the DEA website it had an article saying the truth about marijuana. It said it was dangerous and very addictive :/ WTF! what the hell is this? Why is the DEA so ingorant?

Best answer:

Answer by MMMolly
Because they don’t smoke.

Answer by Gorkbark Porkduke Gefunken Fubar
Marijuana contains high levels of dangerous toxins, which the stoners will never admit. Levels of ammonia are 20 times higher than in cigarette smoke; hydrogen cyanide and nitric oxide are 3-5 times higher. This is why it is listed as dangerous.

Stop teen prescription drug abuse
Did you know more Americans now die from drug overdoses than car crashes? It is a startling and deadly statistic. Of these deaths, 60 percent were due to the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs — making them more deadly than illicit drugs like …
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Global Spending on Prescription Drugs Will Reach T — That’s Trillion … – RYOT

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Global Spending on Prescription Drugs Will Reach $ 1T — That's Trillion … RYOT (MCT) — Global spending on pharmaceuticals is expected to surpass $ 1 trillion for the first time next year, powered in large part by the rising demand for cheap generic drugs in China and other emerging markets. According to a new forecast from the … Prescription drug sales will continue to slow due to expiring patents and …Minneapolis Star Tribune Forecast growth in generic drugs could aid LINewsday all 82 news articles »

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action – Michael Botticelli, ONDCP – “Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action” Michael Botticelli Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Keynote presenter: T…

The Alarming Spread of Prescription Drug Deaths Across the US
Health officials in New Mexico, which leads the nation in opioid deaths, are working quickly to make the anti-overdose drug naloxone as widely available as possible. And yet it wasn't until just last year that the Office of National Drug Control Policy …
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In heroin's grip: Overdose deaths expose Torrington's struggle with addiction
Stevens, 27, is from Thomaston, a town small enough that most people know of the drug addiction he's dealt with, which means most people think of him as a junkie. He's been kicked out of some restaurants in his hometown because managers said they …
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Iowa has low rate of illegal drug use but still faces challenges – Quad City Times

Iowa has low rate of illegal drug use but still faces challenges Quad City Times DES MOINES — Iowa has the third-lowest rate of illegal drug use in the nation, according to the state's drug czar. That's the good news, said Steve Lukan, Iowa's drug policy coordinator and director of the Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy. The …

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

Alarming Substance Abuse Facts You Should Know – Many people are still in the dark regarding substance abuse. If you think the stuff you hear and read on the news is disconcerting, you would be alarmed to f…