The Drug War and Mass Incarceration by Numbers

The Drug War And Mass Incarceration By Numbers – Despite an increased emphasis on treatment and prevention programs in recent years, the Obama administration in its 2013 budget still requested .6 billion…

Fort Hood gunman was dad, drummer

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

Army officials said that Lopez, a truck driver who had served one short tour in Iraq, had been prescribed drugs meant to alleviate depression, anxiety and insomnia. They said he had … He played in the guard's band, according to military records, and …
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Prescription drug registry would help cut deaths from abuse: As I See It

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act of 2000

According to the Health Department's Bureau of Health Statistics and Research, approximately 2000 Pennsylvanians die a drug related death each year, and countless other families are dealing with the devastation caused by drug abuse. In 1991, 684 …
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