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Newshawk: Larry
Pubdate: Fri, 23 Feb 2007
Source: Star-Gazette (NY)
Copyright: 2007sStar-Gazette
Contact:
Website: http://www.stargazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1005
Note: Headline by Newshawk
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/oxycontin.htm (Oxycontin/Oxycodone)
MISUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IS A GROWING PROBLEM
According to a press release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Heath
Services Administration, the number of admissions to substance abuse
treatment for narcotic pain medication and methamphetamine/amphetamine
increased sharply from 2004-2005.
Numbers decreased over the same period for cocaine and heroin abuse,
according to the administration.
Five substances accounted for 95 percent of all substance abuse
treatment admissions in 2005-2006: alcohol, opiates, primarily heroin,
marijuana/hashish, cocaine and stimulants like methamphetamine.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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