Surviving High: The Cost of Addiction

Surviving High: The cost of addiction
Financially, the great expense of addiction and staying high often bankrupts addicts which leads to criminal behavior. According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, 26 percent of drug offenders are more likely to commit crimes to support their …
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Teen substance abuse is the new 'normal,' school counselor says
Citing statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse — which annually surveys students in grades 8, 10 and 12 — Lechner said alcohol use has decreased 10 to 15 percent since 2003, while marijuana use has increased 200 percent. Many parents …
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Measuring the scourge of hard-drug use
In order to adequately measure the scale and scope of illegal drug use in the U.S. — and properly determine how much funding and treatment is needed — organizations and agencies have to have first-rate information available. But one of those measures …
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