Findings Show PAACE Effective in Reducing Drug Use

Findings show PAACE effective in reducing drug use

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The first statistic noted was the Drug Severity Index. Minor explained this figure was based on the level of drug use and the severity of the drugs involved. As an example, if it was found half the young people surveyed used marijuana, a community who …
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Drug Addicted Military Vets Illustrate Failure of War on Drugs

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According to statistics provided by the Justice for Vets advocacy program, 81 percent of veterans who had contact with police or a court officer had a substance abuse problem before their incarceration. And more than a third of the veterans were …
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OxyContin use down in Vt. but heroin use increases

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WATERBURY, Vt. — Efforts to make OxyContin harder to abuse have succeeded in Vermont, the top state police drug investigator says. But that has come with one notable consequence: Addicts have been switching to an older scourge: heroin. Statistics …
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