Prescription Drug Abuse Climbing Globally
Prescription drug abuse climbing globally
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The 2011 figures from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for the US estimates that 22.5 million Americans aged 12 or older — or 8.7 per cent of the population — had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication like a pain reliever …
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Drug Abuse Runs in Families
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The study was funded by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), and an ALF project grant, Lund, Sweden. The authors have disclosed no …
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Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration
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According to the Meharry study, roughly 80 percent of adults in U.S. prisons used or abused alcohol or other drugs. Although Blacks abstain from drugs and alcohol at higher rates than the national average, Blacks are disproportionately represented in …
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National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program – This webinar is an introduction to the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) at ICPSR. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, NAHDAP acquires, preserves, and disseminates data relevant to drug addiction and HIV research. This video and the accompanying slides are available in additional formats at: www.icpsr.umich.edu
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