Statistics Tie Meth to as Much as 70% of Property Crimes

Published January 3, 2013

Statistics tie meth to as much as 70% of property crimes

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded 2010 “Monitoring the Future” study showed that 1.2 percent of eighth-graders, 1.6 percent of 10th graders, and 1 percent of high school seniors had abused methamphetamine at least once in the year prior to …
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Plaudits for the doctor who gave fresh hope to drug and alcohol addicts in city

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

And the number of people successfully leaving drug treatment has increased by a third. It comes after Dr Richard Martin revamped the city's drug treatment service in 2006 and its alcohol service in 2010. He has now been named joint winner of the NHS …
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Addiction to strong narcotic pain-killers killing more

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Addiction to prescription drugs in Nashua and throughout New Hampshire has outstripped addiction and overdose deaths to other more familiar so-called street drugs such as cocaine and heroin, according to officials. It's this addiction to powerful …
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