Drug Addiction Cost $600 Billion/ Year
Drug Addiction cost 0 Billion/ year – 600 Billion Dollars are spent each year on drug Addiction. Pls. let’s make a difference and not ignore this! Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. It can be wrongfully assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop using drugs simply by choosing to change their behavior. In reality, drug addiction is a complex disease, and quitting takes more than good intentions. In fact, because drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug abuse, quitting is difficult, even for those who are ready to do so. Through scientific advances, we know more about how drugs work in the brain than ever, and we also know that drug addiction can be successfully treated to help people stop abusing drugs and lead productive lives. Drug abuse and addiction have negative consequences for individuals and for society. Estimates of the total overall costs of substance abuse in the United States, including productivity and health- and crime-related costs, exceed 0 billion annually. This includes approximately 1 billion for illicit drugs,1 3 billion for tobacco,2 and 5 billion for alcohol.3 As staggering as these numbers are, they do not fully describe the breadth of destructive public health and safety implications of drug abuse and addiction, such as family disintegration, loss of employment, failure in school, domestic violence, and child abuse. What Is Drug Addiction? Addiction is a chronic, often …
Study examines substance abuse in child welfare
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By Eric Lindberg – A new federal grant will enable Dorian Traube, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, to explore the causes and consequences of a vicious intergenerational cycle of substance abuse among those involved in the child …
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Heroin overdose deaths on the rise, Maryland report says
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The report outlines a few responses Maryland will take to address the heroin trend. … The trend means more work for people like Mike Gimbel, a former heroin addict who has since dedicated himself to substance abuse treatment and education in Maryland.
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For Drug Addicted Vet, a Drawer Full of Medals, Now Never Opened
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Then she was homeless. Until she found temporary work peddling soft drinks in a stadium, she said, she and her boyfriend got cash by bootlegging beer they pinched from convenience stores. … that were prescribed to help her. The military's approach to …
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