Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime

Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are …
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Carol Falkowski: Addressing drug abuse before it happens
These days, getting high is as prevalent as ever and Minnesotans are losing their lives and limbs because of it. Some may be addicts and others first-time users. Whether it is young people in Mankato dying as the result of using lethal synthetic …
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Prescription drug abuse affecting Pembroke
Traditionally, whenever the topic of the drug trade comes up, people think of substances such as marijuana, cocaine and meth amphetimines, but what Hicks sees far more of is the use and abuse of prescription medications, which are being readily bought …
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Somerset to host drug abuse conversation
The St. Croix County Substance Abuse Coalition and the Somerset School District will host a community forum titled “What's in Your Medicine Cabinet?” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, at Somerset High School about the dangers of prescription …
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