Drug Overdose Deaths Up 296 Percent From 2000 to 2010 in Kentucky

Published December 24, 2012

Drug overdose deaths up 296 percent from 2000 to 2010 in Kentucky

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Federal and state funding for substance-abuse treatment in Kentucky remained flat from 2006 to 2011 at about $ 28 million a year, even as the drug problem increased, according to figures from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. However …
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In Brazil's cracolandias, roving hordes of lost souls

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In 2011, President Dilma Rousseff announced a $ 1.9-billion plan to battle crack, largely through expanded treatment and education. The local government in Rio de Janeiro has forced underage users into treatment, and some drug traffickers there even …
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