Curbing Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Published October 5, 2013

Curbing drug abuse and illicit trafficking
Drug abuse (addiction) involves compulsively seeking to use a substance, regardless of the potentially negative social, psychological and physical consequences. Certain drugs, such as narcotics and cocaine, are more physically addicting than some others. Read more on BusinessDay

Breaking Bad by the Numbers: Impact of Meth Use on the U.S. Economy
According to a RAND Corporation study, “The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005,” methamphetamine cost the United States $ 23.4 billion in 2005, with addiction, drug treatment, premature death and other effects factored in. Read more on Go Banking Rates

NYC Opioid Overdose Rates Show Effects of Prescription Drug Crisis on Urban …
A possible microcosm of the ongoing prescription drug abuse epidemic may be playing itself out in New York City, as the Big Apple has seen a sevenfold increase in opioid overdoses in a 16-year span, according to new data. What's more, New York's opioid … Read more on Pharmacy Practice News

Wisconsin lawmaker introduces bills to fight heroin use
The others would make it easier to drop off narcotics at community drug disposal programs and allow more first responders and paramedics to administer Narcan, a drug that counters the effects of a heroin overdose. Nygren said in a statement that data … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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