Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, says that part of the reason we are in a global financial disaster is due to the underestimation of our current drug trafficking crisis. The recent World Economic forum in Davos surprised many economists, financiers and even permanent members with the presence of a specific police [...]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issues reports on a regular basis that detail specific data related to admissions involving drugs or alcohol. The information is important for understanding the trends of drug and alcohol use and dependence.
A new report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) notes that European efforts to curb cocaine and heroin use made little impact in the past year. However, cannabis use is declining, especially among young people.
Stress can have a tremendous impact on a person’s life. Research suggests that it not only inhibits a person’s ability to function normally, but it can also be life-threatening.
Advertising can have damaging effects on public health, influencing viewers to smoke, obsess over their bodies, and drink alcohol excessively, said Jean Kilbourne, an award-winning lecturer, at the Arizona State Polytechnic campus on Thursday night.
Wisconsin’s Department of Regulation and Licensing has disciplined two nurses, in Waterloo and Baraboo, for drug abuse. Elizabeth Forward, 50, a registered nurse from Waterloo, was suspended for taking prescription forms from a physician with whom she worked and forging his name to obtain Valium and Vicodin for herself.
It isn’t any surprise that drugs cost all of society. Whether it is in additional law enforcement, health care costs or judiciary system costs, to name just a few, this is one area of unnecessary expenditures that continue to bleed the hardworking people of the country with no end in sight.
