News Update: Illegal & Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise in the US
News Update: Illegal & Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise in the US – “A new national survey from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that an estimated 22 million Americans over the age of 12 used illegal drugs in 2009. The number of Americans over the age of 12 who used illegal drugs or abused prescription medications increased from 8.0% in 2008 to 8.7% in 2009, marking the highest level since 2002. Survey respondents said marijuana use was most common, but the use of other illegal drugs was noted as well. SAMHSA officials said the increase in marijuana use is in part from the “”discussions of legalization, so-called medical marijuana and a proliferation of pro-drug messages”” which have “”misinformed about a drug whose potency has tripled in the past 20 years.”” Substance abuse among youth aged 12-17 also rose according to the survey, from 555000 in 2008 to 760000 in 2009.”
Addicts Misusing Drug Treatments
Filed under: drug addiction news 2010
Suboxone, made by U.K.-based Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, was approved by the FDA in 2002. It was the first narcotic drug doctors were able to prescribe from their offices for opioid addiction. Sales rose 18% in 2011 to $ 1.3 billion from $ 1.1 billion …
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Environmental Sampling Identifies Illicit Drugs, including Cocaine
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The 2010 Monitoring the Future Study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), found that 1.6% of 8th graders, 2.2% of 10th graders, and 2.9% of 12th graders had abused cocaine in any form and 1.0% of 8th graders, 1.0% of 10th graders …
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REGION: Prescription drug abuse on rise, San Diego County officials say
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The number of people who died as a result of prescription drug abuse has increased over the past five years, from 211 in 2007 to 267 in 2011, according to a "report card" released Monday by the county's Prescription Drug Task Force. The first-of-its …
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