STATISTICS & TRENDS

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Should the Legal Drinking Age be Raised to 25?

In the last few years, new studies have shed light on the age that young people reach physical maturity and it’s not 18. It’s also not 21. It’s 25.

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Is the Next US Drug Trend Going to be Heroin?

The Washington Post just published an article that could be predicting a terrifying trend. According to an April 6th article, Mexican farmers are pulling out their marijuana crops and planting heroin poppies instead.

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Are We Going to “Take Palcohol Wherever We Go”?

“Palcohol” – powdered alcohol – was approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Palcohol is the brainchild of Mark Phillips. After years of work, he developed a method for drying and packaging alcohol.

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New Smartphone App Will Allow Doctors and Pharmacists To Track Prescription Drug Abuse

Prescription drugs can be wonderfully helpful in limited medical situations, but their help comes at a steep price.

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Officials Confronted with High level of Heroin Abuse in New England

On the Boston Globe website recently, there were three articles that, taken together, illustrated the difficult situation we’re in with regard to this addictive, destructive drug.

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Universities Focusing on Student Recovery Amid Rising Addiction Concerns

When it comes to drug abuse and addiction problems, many individuals agree that programs focused on prevention and recovery are far more effective than punitive measures.

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Why a New Culture of Sobriety is Needed and Makes Sense

Imagine, for a moment, that we could magically transform our current culture into one that wholeheartedly supports sobriety. What would that look like and what would happen to those who are now dependent on, abusing or addicted to drugs or alcohol?

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Prescription Drugs Contribute to Recent Disease Outbreak

Overdose, often fatal, has been one of the major concerns associated with the massive rise in rates of prescription drug abuse over the past several years.

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Should Professional Sports Organizations Punish Addicted Athletes?

In the debate over whether professional athletes who use drugs should be punished, there is certainly truth to the compassionate approach, but it should perhaps also be taken into consideration that the stakes have to be high enough to motivate the athlete...

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Where Did All this Heroin Come From?

The growing heroin problem in this country is overwhelming public health departments. Not a day goes by that I don’t see a news article about a state or county that is trying to come to grips with overdose deaths and drug trafficking.

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The Dark Web of Online Drug Sales

Several years ago, about the only way the internet was involved in the sales and use of drugs was through fraudulent internet pharmacies.

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The Rise in Heroin Use May Be Linked to the Decline in Prescription Drug Abuse

Heroin is making a major comeback, and it has spread to the suburbs and become common in communities throughout the U.S. and across all socioeconomic strata. The reason for this is tied closely to the news that prescription drug abuse is on the decline.

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Contraband Tobacco Users Susceptible to Drug Abuse

The use of contraband cigarettes among young adults may be a reliable indicator of illicit drug use, according to a new study out of Canada.

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Are the Legal Driving Limits for Marijuana Use Safe Enough?

In Michigan, law enforcement officers met to compare notes on how the increasing use of marijuana might affect traffic safety. In most states, legal limits for the amount of marijuana found in one’s bloodstream have not yet been set.

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Opiates Gradually Overtaking Alcohol as #1 for Treatment Admissions

So far, news media have broadcast stories about two states that report similar rates of rehab admissions for opiates and alcohol. This may not be startling news until you realize that in most states, most years, alcohol far outstrips any other drug in...

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The Growing Marijuana Problem

The day infamous as 4/20, is when marijuana advocates around the United States stage protests and rallies, gathering in public places en masse to smoke pot. The goal of such events is to make weed more popular and mainstream, and thereby to contribute...

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Sensible Viewpoint on the Legalization of Marijuana or Other Drugs

If you follow the news about drug legalization as presented by the mainstream media, you are likely to be mightily confused. Well-paid spin doctors work overtime to fill major media, blogs, magazines, television, and radio with pro-legalization messages.

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Troubles in Oregon and Massachusetts Point out the Problem with Legalization Efforts

On November fourth in Oregon, as in several other states, there is a vote about the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. As this takes place, Oregon struggles with a terrible problem with opiate use and addiction.

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Let’s Put Sobriety in the Right Light

You see plenty of advertisements for alcohol and for prescription drugs on television and in magazines, but unfortunately, there’s not a matching number of advertisements for sobriety.

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Neurologists Don’t Think Painkillers Should Be So Common

Over the course of the past few years, we have seen an explosion in the rate at which doctors in the United States are prescribing prescription painkillers.