Heroin overdose deaths surpass cocaine fatalities in Milwaukee County
Lisa said she wonders what the odds are of someone beating a heroin addiction. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that about 23% of people who use heroin become dependent on it. Experts agree the best chance of ending addiction comes …
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Police Chief's drug abuse campaign
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a Division of the National Institutes of Health, reported the U. of Michigan results. Most teenagers, the Institute claims, get the pills free from a friend or a relative. In the past, when relatives or friends …
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Editorial — Rebuilding Shattered Lives
According to statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 23 million Americans (one out of 10 people above age 12) suffers from a dependency to alcohol and/or drugs. To expand the statistics further, approximately 7.5 million (10 …
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