Report: Substance Abuse Takes Toll on Alaska Economy

Report: Substance abuse takes toll on Alaska economy

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

According to a report by economic researchers from McDowell Group, drug and alcohol abuse cost the state of Alaska an estimated $ 1.2 billion in 2010. The study was funded by the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Mental Health Board …
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Deadly Prescription Drug Epidemic Finds its Way Down Under

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Before I go into what Dr. Joe wrote about in the Australian news, I find it interesting that now that the OxyContin epidemic has continued its reign in the U.S. and Canada, he acknowledges that the drug was promoted as being non addictive and "is …
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Drug abuse: Another Punjab study too pegged it at 70%

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The IDC submitted its report in March 2010. The study conducted by Prof RS Verma and Vaishali Misra chose two border tehsils from each district and based their study on interviews and information generated from a sample of more than 1,500 drug addicts.
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