Alcohol & Drug Rehab Chicago Launches Effort to Reduce Statistics on …

Published February 12, 2014

Alcohol & Drug Rehab Chicago Launches Effort to Reduce Statistics on …

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

According to statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 7.6 percent of 12th-graders used Adderall, 7.6 percent used Vicodin, 5.3 percent used tranquilizers, 4.8 percent used Hallucinogens, 4.5 percent used Sedatives, and 4.3 percent used … Read more on Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

Philip Seymour Hoffman Death Could Point to RX Drug Abuse Link to Heroin

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The death of Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in New York points to a possible link between heroin use and prescription drug abuse. Hoffman's cause of death has not been confirmed but authorities say both heroin and prescription painkillers were found with … Read more on WAER

Prescription drug database gets first-round approval in Missouri House

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Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, said she'd had to face her daughter struggling with addiction and that was when she found out such a system wasn't in place. “I could not chase down … "It's never been shown to lower the death rate," Schaaf said. "It's … Read more on STLtoday.com