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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Carol Falkowski: Addressing drug abuse before it happens
These days, getting high is as prevalent as ever and Minnesotans are losing their lives and limbs because of it. Some may be addicts and others first-time users. Whether it is young people in Mankato dying as the result of using lethal synthetic …
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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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Drug abuse charity set to open doors to the public
THE DRUG and Alcohol Charity Broadreach House is throwing its doors open to members of the public on Saturday April 5 as part of a fundraising campaign for the day service. The event, at the Richmond Walk base in Plymouth, will including a range of …
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
Published: April 02 2014 01:00. Amid growing concern about drug abuse in Rhode Island, a legislative committee is considering bills requiring insurers to pay for medications that treat addiction and to ease access to painkillers formulated to prevent …
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