Consider These Substance Dependence and Abuse Statistics

Consider These Substance Dependence and Abuse Statistics – According to the Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 22 million Americans are classified with substance dependence or abuse… See all statistics in the video. Videos contributed by Team Racing for Recovery™ and others.

US pill abuse may not make cartels completely irrelevant

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The drugs of choice for an increasing number of Americans are prescription painkillers. Nowhere is the problem more apparent than Houston, where the renowned medical center area has become “a national hotspot for prescription drug abuse,” according to …
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OxyContin use down in Vt. but heroin use increases

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WATERBURY, Vt. — Efforts to make OxyContin harder to abuse have succeeded in Vermont, the top state police drug investigator says. But that has come with one notable consequence: Addicts have been switching to an older scourge: heroin. Statistics …
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