drug use

Does It Make More Sense to Put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED People in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB?

Question by Bush is not conservative: Does it make more sense to put CHEMICALLY ADDICTED people in PRISON for POSSESSION or in REHAB? Addiction is an illness. Narcotics abuse is an illness. Logically, the purchasing, possession and abuse of a drug by an addict is as much of a health concern as it is a legal one. Narcotics abuse is undoubtedly a more emotionally complicated crime than other nonviolent offenses such as theft and vandalism, but early attempts to curb abuse lacked the necessary breadth to get addicts clean. Incarceration is not an effective method of freeing drug users from the substances on which they depend.    Read more... ...

Report: Region Tops Nation for Drug-Tied ER Visits

Report: Region tops nation for drug-tied ER visits Filed under: drug abuse statistics BOSTON — Abuse of illicit drugs, including heroin, again posed a significant public health problem in Massachusetts last year with eastern Massachusetts posting a rate of emergency room visits involving drugs higher than that of any other major … Read more on Gloucester Daily Times  Ex-Celtic Herren warns Braintree students about drug abuse Filed under: drug abuse statistics    Read more... ...

How Do You Feel About Drinking and Drug Abuse?

...  by Tori1315: How do you feel about drinking and drug abuse? I am doing a alcohol and drug abuse awareness and I need people to answer the following questions: 1)How do you feel about drinking and drug abuse? 2)How are you affected by drinking and drug abuse? 3)How does that person who is drinking and doing drugs hurt you? This is for a project at school! Best answer: Answer by LauraI find drinking relaxing and understand that drug use doesn’t always equal drug abuse. Get your thit together sister. Add your own answer in the comments!    Read ...

Help Is Available for Those With Substance Use Disorders

Help is available for those with substance use disorders Filed under: drug addiction help For help, contact your family physician, the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Resource Center at 1-800-390-4056, or for referral information to local agencies, call the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana at 879-2273 or email [email protected]. Read more on Daily Comet  ARS and Pacific Clinics Drug Abuse and Addiction Forum Offers Facts and Hope Filed under: drug addiction help    Read more... ...

Drug Abuse Includes Kids' Theft of Prescriptions, Deputy Says

...  abuse includes kids' theft of prescriptions, deputy says Filed under: effects of drug abuse Brown, who is on the board of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), also spoke about the neurological effects of drug use on young people. The adolescent brain does not fully mature until the mid to late 20s, and drug use at an early age can … Read more on Santa Ynez Valley News  Meth effects extend to innocent homebuyers, despite enforcement Filed under: effects of drug abuse    Read ...

Substance Abuse Cost State More Than $1.2 Billion in 2010

Substance abuse cost state more than .2 billion in 2010 Filed under: drug abuse treatment It is difficult to define the Kenai Peninsula's typical drug user. Behavioral health employees at Central Peninsula Hospital treat all demographics; no family is immune to substance abuse, said Dr. Kristie Sellers, director of behavioral health at the … Read more on Homer News  EDITORIAL: Drug treatment program's growth good development Filed under: drug abuse treatment    Read more... ...