Long Island's Addiction Epidemic Still on Rise

Long Island's Addiction Epidemic Still on Rise

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As figures show national drug abuse deaths has eclipsed vehicle crash deaths annually, officials reminded the public that the crisis has not abated—instead, despite all the publicity, it continues to spread on LI. “It is obvious to us now that nothing …
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Bogotá: 15.4% of homicides are related to drug use

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BOGOTÁ, Colombia – The statistic is alarming: Of the 1,632 homicides recorded in Bogotá in 2011, 252, or 15.4%, were related to drug use. The “Dynamics of the sale and the use of drugs in Bogotá” study, released in August by the Center for Studies and …
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Peter Hitchens: 'I don't believe in addiction. People take drugs because they

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So he is drawn into making all sorts of arguments based on health, science and judicial statistics, none of which stands up. Hitchens thinks the legal drug classification system, under which cannabis is considered less dangerous than heroin or crack, …
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