Statewide Database Would Track Heroin Trends

Published March 6, 2014

Statewide database would track heroin trends
"Better data would help us accurately track substance abuse trends," said Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. "I'm especially encouraged by Sen. Schumer's push for additional prevention …
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New study maps “plant food”, “bath salts”, drug routes and prevention
4 March 2014 – Unprecedented numbers and varieties of new psychoactive substances (NPS), only one in six problem drug users worldwide receiving needed treatment – these, among others, are issues highlighted in the new annual report by the … The …
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Evidence On Marijuana's Health Effects Is Hazy At Best
About 11 percent of marijuana users fit the definition of dependence — that is, their habit interferes with their life and they've been unable to cut back. That's lower than the dependence number for heroin and other opioids (23 percent), cocaine (17 …
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