STATISTICS & TRENDS

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Elevated Crime Among Other Problems Is Product Of Drug Use

The hand-and-glove relationship between crime and drugs can be observed in criminal justice statistics across the nation.

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New Teen Drug Abuse Trends Indicate To Check Your Medicine Cabinet

Adolescents no longer have to turn to school dealers for drugs–they can find their high right in their own home. More and more kids are turning to the medicine cabinet for drug abuse, to their parents’ dismay.

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Not Rare for Medical Professionals to Abuse Drugs

If you visit the doctor for medical help, chances are you are counting on them to examine you thoroughly, give you an honest diagnosis, and prescribe the medication you need to feel better.

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One In Six Children Aged 11 To 15 Admit To Taking Drugs

High schools across America are riddled with drugs, and many parents bite their nails as they send their teenagers off, hoping that their children will be among the few who make it through drug-free. But middle school? Elementary school? Most parents don’t...

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Statistics Tie Meth to as Much as 70 Percent Of Property Crimes

Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive substances known to man. In fact, it is one of the few drugs that can cause dependency after the first use. It is because of this that meth addicts go to such desperate measures to get their next fix.

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Meth Frenzy Now Being Called Meth Mayhem

The meth frenzy is not limited to toothless addicts living on the streets. In fact, even suburban America hides this dark habit behind closed doors and frilly curtains.

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Is Increasing Potency Related to the Number of People Going to Rehab for Pot?

By now, most people know that marijuana has gotten far more potent over the last few decades. Now we are seeing admissions to treatment rocket up along with potency, while the number of users only increases modestly.

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Addiction Is an Unexpected Side Effect of Weight Loss Surgery

A recent study reveals an unexpected side effect of weight loss surgery–drug addiction. Those recovering from the gastric bypass surgery used for weight loss are at a higher risk of becoming dependent on drugs.

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Baby Boomers More Prone To Addiction Than Ever

The sixties were a time of revolution–the end of the Civil Rights Movement, the landing of the first man on the moon, the rise of feminism and the anti-war movement. Another part of the cultural upheaval was the dissemination of drugs–a revolution...

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How Much of a Problem Are Drugs in Schools Today

Unfortunately, schools are no longer the academic sanctuary that parents have depended upon for hundreds of years. Instead, they are becoming a place of business–and the product is deadly.

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Go-Kart Challenge Utilized Impaired Vision Goggles to Show Dangers of Alcohol Abuse

Few individuals truly understand the full and damaging effects of alcohol abuse, and many may believe that it is honestly quite safe to consume moderate amounts of alcohol and then proceed to do things they’d normally do.

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A New Kind of Peer Pressure That Is Fueling Addiction

There is a new kind of peer pressure that teens are faced with today. It is appropriately referred to as digital peer pressure. Social networks such as Myspace, Twitter and Facebook have become so popular that nearly every teen holds accounts with at least...

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Problem Of Drinking Amongst College Freshman Not Going Away

College symbolizes independence, higher education, widening horizons. But for a freshman crossing the campus for the first time, it can be intimidating. When the stress of the first semester gets to be too much, drinking appears to be the way out.

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College Drinking Spikes Among Freshmen

When teens first make their way off to college, they are often filled with an overwhelming sense of liberation and freedom. They are taking their first steps in the world on their own, away from mom and dad. They are ready to try new things, taste life.

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America’s Addiction To Illicit Drugs Declining And Prescription Painkiller Abuse Growing

Regarding America’s drug epidemic, there’s good news and there’s bad news as discovered within the findings of the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The good news is that we are seeing a decline in the use of illicit drugs.

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Report Finds More Emotional Woes In College Kids Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

It’s no secret that while in college, a large proportion of students become involved in complicated and dangerous activities that have nothing to do with their educations.

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Teens Now Using Marijuana More Than Tobacco Products

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a survey, which found that 23 percent of high school students say that they’ve recently smoked marijuana, while 19 percent of high school students report that they’ve...

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The Recent California Drug Arrest Issues

California is one of the United States’ most beautiful states. It has a little of everything: Warm sunny weather, mountains, valleys, beaches, redwood forests, snowy slopes and even the epicenter for show business. However, California in all its beauty...

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America Discovers One In Eight US Teens Misuses Pain Drugs

A new analysis of surveys done between 2007 and 2009 among American teens shows that one in eight US teens misuses pain drugs. This survey shows also that the age at which teens started abusing these drugs was younger than anticipated.

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New Trend Toward Abusing Hand Sanitizer for Alcohol Content Lands Some Teens In Hospital

Yet another product off the grocery stores shelves has developed a new life as something to be abused to get high. Now, hand sanitizer joins glue, compressed air for cleaning computers, spray paint and other innocent products as an item that needs to be...