Drug Abuse Facts and Statistics

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GPs urged to tackle drug–abuse patients

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The doctors' union, claimed that the harm caused by drug addiction was being exacerbated by the strong focus on law and order at the heart of drugs policy. It said that the risk of prosecution, and a likely prison sentence, was deterring addicts from …
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National Mentoring Month Promotes Community Support

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The Fighting Back Mentor Program, a youth prevention program of the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and Santa Barbara Fighting Back Collaborative, is hoping for community engagement in January, the National Month of Mentoring.
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Cops giving New York City pharmacies OxyContin bottles equipped with GPS …

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… to explore the possibility of applying nanotechnology in such a way that individual 'bait' tablets could be tracked by GPS." Prescription drug abuse — which can lead to pill addicts' violence — has been seen as a suburban and rural problem until …
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FDA Releases Guidance on Opioids

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The draft guidance fulfills mandates under the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan. “The FDA is extremely concerned about the …
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