Archive for January, 2008


Timing Important to Stop New Drug Threats

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Timing Important to Stop New Drug Threats

A new focus for this drug treatment center intiatives is emerging or critical threats either in specific geographic areas such as Tribal Lands or on priority issues, such as when heroin laced with the drug fentanyl cropped up in northern cities like Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia in the summer of 2006. drug rehab rapidly responded by organizing a Fentanyl Forum in Philadelphia to educate community leaders around the country on this emerging threat. By tracking data to identify emerging trends and threats, drug rehab is able to be a proactive partner with State and local authorities to alert people and address these threats in a timely manner.

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drug rehab Use Trends

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

drug rehab Use Trends

Trends in drug rehab use show that the legal availability of drug rehab, particularly to young people, has an impact on use rates. Although unpopular, Prohibition, established in 1919 and repealed in 1933, had a significant impact on the volume of consumption. Lowering the drinking age in the early 1970s was accompanied by increases in consumption, while drug rehab consumption and drug rehab-related fatalities showed marked declines after 1987, when most states had increased the drinking age to 21.

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