More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America’s Illicit Drug Market – Businessweek (Blog)
More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America’s Illicit Drug Market – Businessweek (blog)
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More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America's Illicit Drug Market
Businessweek (blog) The country spent $ 109 billion in 2010 on illicit marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, according to new (and very rough) estimates from the RAND Corp. prepared for the White House. To put that number in perspective: It's more than we spend … Study: Cocaine use down, pot smoking up Study: Americans snorting less cocaine, smoking more pot Weed Use Up, Cocaine Use Down, U.S. Report Finds |
Heroin, cocaine-related deaths up in Connecticut – Centre Daily Times
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Heroin, cocaine-related deaths up in Connecticut
Centre Daily Times NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Accidental heroin and cocaine deaths rose sharply in Connecticut last year from the previous year, the medical examiner's office reported Monday, as Attorney General Eric Holder called an increase in heroin-related deaths nationwide … Heroin, cocaine-related deaths jump in Conn. Eric Holder says heroin overdoses are 'an urgent and growing public health crisis' Holder admits heroin is now 'urgent public health crises' |