A Rising Tide of Substance Abuse
Baby boomers, who came of age in the '60s and '70s when experimenting with drugs was pervasive, are far more likely to use illicit drugs than previous generations. For example, a 2011 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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GAO: No progress was made on reducing teen drug use
The strategy identified seven goals involved in reducing drug use among teens by 15 percent by 2015. The Government Accountability Office said the Office of National Drug Control Policy and other federal agencies had made progress toward one goal but …
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Anti-drug abuse coalition launches pot education…
Prompted by recent legislation that deemed marijuana legal for medical and recreational use, Macomb County drug abuse prevention organizations are fighting back. “There's a lot of talk about marijuana these days,” said Charlene McGunn, executive …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know
Linebacker Austin Box of the Oklahoma Sooners takes a break during a game in 2010. Box died of an accidental prescription drug overdose the following year. Austin Box "gutted through" pain. Even after a bad blow to his back that ruptured a disc, the …
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Cory Monteith, 'Glee' star, completes rehab for drug abuse after admitting …
Cory Monteith is looking good after checking out of rehab. The “Glee” star “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction,” his rep told People in late March. Monteith, 30, and his supportive girlfriend Lea Michele, 29 …
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Drug, alcohol rehab: an empty promise?
We read every day about notorious failures of drug and alcohol rehab, made even more public by Hollywood's perpetually neurotic glitterati. Is it all a scam? Well, in fact, some people do successfully untangle themselves from drug and/or alcohol abuse.
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Question by Heidi 4: Why are cigarettes taxed & alcoholics & drug abusers receiving S.S. Disability?
I know several of these people who receive S.S.I. and yet are working side jobs & getting paid under the table. More money for alcohol & drugs which we all pay for. These same people receive food stamps and turn around and sell the food stamps for more drugs & booze.

Best answer:

Answer by Lkn4trouble
It completes the entitlement circle! If there is a way to screw the system…entitlement abusers are the ones who find it!

And you and I get to foot the BILL!

What do you think? Answer below!

Drug registry program cuts down on prescription abuse
More people die of accidental overdoses from prescription drug abuse than die on our highways in Montana. "Deaths from prescription drugs are outnumbering homicides and car accidents. It's a dramatic statistic," said Starla Blank, a pharmacist at St …
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Maryland families to get new tool in fight against drug overdoses
Her son Kris Klipner succumbed to the drug in 2007. He was 28. Klipner's half-brother battles the same kind of depression as Kris. He suffers the same heroin addiction Kris did. Kirk Fletcher, 29, is in a methadone program to help him avoid the drug …
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Prescription drug take-back program designed to thwart pill abuse, theft
Rx Take-Back Mobile Police Headquarters on Government Street was one of thousands of free, anonymous drop-off sites Saturday, April 27, 2103, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. After only two hours, officers with the Mobile department …
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Into Action Drug Treatment Center Visits the Arts Garage in Delray Beach, Florida
Into Action Treatment is a small 24-bed coed Florida drug rehab center located in Boynton Beach. Into Action is a very unique center, which focuses on long-term recovery for addicts and alcoholics. Most drug treatment centers in the industry are 28 …
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Attorneys argue residency for Alpine drug rehab house – Daily Herald
Alpine Recovery Lodge has leased a 10-bedroom home on the city's east side, with plans to house up to 18 individuals undergoing treatment for drug abuse. Neighbors have expressed concern, and Alpine city officials have been scrutinizing the plans …
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White House drug czar emphasizes drug treatment, education
As the federal government shifts its drug control strategy toward drug treatment and education initiatives, the U.S. drug czar said Wednesday at an event in Baltimore that he plans to emphasize the expansion of drug courts to divert nonviolent …
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Drug czar: Treatment, not legalization, is focus – Philly.com
Drug czar: Treatment, not legalization, is focus. A marijuana plant available for purchase by patients at a medical marijuana dispensary in Long Beach, California on March 21, 2012. … BALTIMORE – The nation's drug czar said Wednesday that the …
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State drug abuse, awareness chief says cost thwarts drug treatment
Pennsylvania is only able to adequately treat one out of every eight drug addicts because of a lack of money for treatment programs, says the newly minted secretary of the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Gary Tennis, a former prosecutor in the …
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