A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime

A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime
Other countries, like Canada and Switzerland, have shown how the shifting opinion can result in action. While no one thinks drug addiction is a good thing, more and more people are starting to think that the war on drugs—a war that costs U.S. taxpayers $ …
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Ohio Attorney General hosts Drug Abuse Community Forum at LCCC
ELYRIA — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine surveyed a room alive with conversations and said a Drug Abuse Community Forum was successful April 21 at Lorain County Community College in Elyria. “What I hope happens is just what you see when you look …
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Chris Herren, Running For Drug Abuse Prevention, Finishes Marathon
Chris Herren, a former basketball star whose drug use sent his life spiraling out of control, has been sober for over five and a half years and has become a prominent figure in combating drug use and providing help for addicts. He also completed the Boston …
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The Silent High: Prescription Drug Abuse — Hazelden in Chicago’s clinical director David Cohen is featured in this news piece from ABC’s Chicago affiliate regarding prescription drug abuse and its pat…


Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb
Doctors are being pressured to reduce their liberal distribution of drug prescriptions because of an “epidemic” of abuse. Dependence on opiates such as Vicodin and OxyContin is blamed for turning prescription drug addicts into heroin addicts. Heroin …
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Lubbock TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches New Drug Detoxification Program
Detoxing from the horrendous depths of drug abuse takes a person to fully committed to have their physical body become free from the grasp of cocaine, marijuana, Ecstasy, prescription pills and other substances. The new detoxification process in …
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