Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are …
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Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse on the Rise
The growing alarm to drug abuse is nothing new, but as the number of deaths rise in Fairfield County, Norwalk officials are warning the community of what has become not only a state-wide epidemic, but a local emergency. State-wide drug-related deaths have …
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Tahoe/Truckee officials stepping up efforts to deter youth drinking, drug use
“He's a deterrent,” said Corine Harvey, executive director of student services for Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. “We don't want to catch kids — that's not our goal. We're not trying to trap kids; we want kids to not bring drugs and alcohol to …
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