Awareness Campaign Highlights RX Drug Abuse

Published October 19, 2012

Awareness campaign highlights RX drug abuse

Filed under: Crack Addiction Statistics

That was one of the statistics given by Dr. Deborah McMahan, Allen County health commissioner, during Tuesday's launch of a public awareness campaign headed up by Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. The new Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force … Read more on Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Overdosed and Overrun: Alaska's heroin epidemic

Filed under: Crack Addiction Statistics

“It's not something we can prove with statistics, but whenever people don't have a full-time job and they're also addicted, they may be paying for that through property crime.” Heroin's popularity crosses a lot of social boundaries, and thuggish … Read more on Anchorage Press

Nashua, Manchester police say spike in prostitution related to drug addictions

Filed under: Crack Addiction Statistics

A similar spike has happened in Manchester with more than 60 arrests this year, including three Thursday, compared to 30 in 2011 and just seven in 2010, according to police statistics. The reasons are the same in Manchester as well, according to Shawn … Read more on Nashua Telegraph