Annual UK Drug Deaths Fall by 14 Percent, While Deaths Related to 'Legal Highs

Annual UK drug deaths fall by 14 percent, while deaths related to 'legal highs

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

… in cocaine-related deaths observed over several years continued. Overall, drug-related deaths in the UK fell by almost 14 per cent from 2,182 in 2009 to 1,883 in 2010, reveals today's National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (np-SAD) 2011 report.
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Drug use rises slightly at MU

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

While the number of alcohol write-ups increased between 2010 and 2011 from 854 to 996, the drug abuse violations only increased from 50 in 2010 to 52 in 2011, according to the Office of Postsecondary Education. DPS remains firm that they have made no …
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GUEST OPINION: Legalizing marijuana has a heavy cost

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was signed into law in January 2010. After nearly three years, the state is about to open its first legal “medical” marijuana dispensary in … Remember that 6.6 percent of 12th graders are using …
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