Replacing Prison Terms With Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in …
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Newswise — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Sending drug abusers to community-based treatment programs rather than prison could help reduce crime and save the criminal justice system billions of dollars, according to a new study by researchers at …
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Drug abuse becomes the leading cause of death among the homeless
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According to Dr. Travis Baggett of Massachusetts General Hospital, ”the tripling in the rate of death by drug overdose reflects an overall rise in pain-killer abuse. This trend is happening across the country, in non-homeless populations too. Homeless …
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Parent, Sibling Military Deployment Raises Drug Abuse Risk in Teens
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Study results showed that youth, whose parents or siblings were deployed, were at 14 percent higher risk of abusing drugs than other people. Researchers found that military deployment of parents or siblings increased both recent and lifetime use of …
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