Prescription drug use on the rise
Prescription drug use on the rise
Filed under: drug addiction statistics
Instead we have something that sounds like something copied off the war on (some) drugs mantra of alarmism, stigma, measuring, statistics, tracking and little if any treatment for the disease ie addicts groups, carers support, depression support and …
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
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Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it's ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice system has failed …
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Mental-health hotlines busy
Filed under: drug addiction statistics
Sorawong Thienthong, the deputy public health minister, said the statistics were gathered from the records of the 1323 and 1667 hotlines which have a total of 31 lines available 24 hours a day. The majority of those calling the hotline discussed stress …
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methadone clinic opens in Covington
Filed under: drug addiction statistics
"Using the national statistics and the state guestimates, they're saying 28,000 people in Northern Kentucky," he said. In addition to the physical toll using drugs takes on the body of the person using them, drug use also impacts the communities in …
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