Heroin at the Shore: Rehab centers struggle to keep up with demand
Filed under: drug abuse statistics 2010
Former NJ Governor James McGreevey participates in a forum hosted by Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini with people from the DEA, medical community and substance abuse field to go over strategies to reduce painkiller and heroin abuse in NJ on …. abuse … Read more on Cherry Hill Courier Post
Teacher's killing may be tied to child custody fight
Filed under: drug abuse statistics 2010
Since May 2006, social workers had received a number of calls alleging that Brown and Tia Taylor had neglected and physically abused the children in a rat-infested home, court papers said. In 2010, Long Beach police described the home as debris-strewn … Read more on Los Angeles Times
Drug use spirals but services lag behind
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Yet the MRC estimates that Cape Town is home to 15 000 heroin addicts alone. In 2010, the province was home to 98 percent of patients seeking treatment for tik nationwide, although use of the drug has spread rapidly to other provinces in the past two … Read more on Health-e
