Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Life Stinks Sometimes

Published March 10, 2014

Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Life Stinks Sometimes – Part 4 of 8.

Hard drugs demand solid understanding: Column

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death has prompted a lot of discussion about heroin in recent weeks. Heroin statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) have fueled the debate, but they may be leading us astray. The NSDUH, a …
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Recovery leader, others say sensitivity to drug abusers is needed

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

The director of a Trumbull County agency that tries to prevent drug abuse says she agrees with a Canfield mom who has written recently that insensitivity toward addicts is harming people's ability to overcome the disease. Lauren Thorp, director of …
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Drug abuse does not always lead to psychosis readmission

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

The readmission rate within 2 years was 37% and was highest within the first 90 days, at 17% (representing 45% of those readmitted). The highest rate of readmission within 2 years was among the 1918 patients with an ongoing drug problem, at 66%.
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