Prison Governors Attack Strong Laws on Hard Drugs

Published May 7, 2013

Prison governors attack strong laws on hard drugs

Filed under: drug addiction statistics

Earlier this week a report in Scotland revealed that more than 300 children suffered the death of a parent or parental figure because of drugs in 2011. The new statistics also showed that methadone, a legal substance used to treat drug addicts, was …
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Agency explains why it's hard to count deaths from prescription drug overdoses

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Just how deadly is the “silent epidemic” of prescription drug abuse? … The CDC's most recent state statistics date to 2008, when the agency noted that the number of poisoning deaths – with nine of 10 caused by drugs – had tripled in the past decade …
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Town Hall meeting on prescription drug abuse

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According to the latest statistics, 2,500 teens, ages 12 to 17, each day abuse a pain reliever for the first time. The National Institute for Drug Abuse [NIDA] has information that the stimulant Adderall and the pain reliever Vicodin are among the most …
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