What Does Rising Prescription Drug Abuse Mean for the War on Drugs?
What does rising prescription drug abuse mean for the war on drugs?
Filed under: Texas Drug Use
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 a recent story in the Houston Chronicle. The paper reported in November that a Drug …
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Boeing employees give money to fight alcohol, drug abuse
Filed under: Texas Drug Use
In 2010, the Texas School Survey reported that the average age of initial use of alcohol and marijuana in San Antonio was 12 years, and 40 percent of high school students attended class under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. Children of …
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DEA: probes result in 3780 arrests
Filed under: Texas Drug Use
The Drug Enforcement Administration says a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa (sihn-uh-LOH'-uh) and Juarez (wor-EHZ') drug cartels and violent street gangs has resulted in 3,780 arrests and the seizure of some 375,000 pounds of …
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Austin lawmaker says timing right for medical marijuana bill
Filed under: Texas Drug Use
Lopez says much of his work is creating an outlet for patients to step out of the "marijuana closet," and that many who use marijuana to cope with pain end up adding fear of arrest to the stress of dealing with a chronic illness. "We're not talking …
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