Synthetic Drug Use Rises

Published November 19, 2012

Synthetic drug use rises

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

More than 6,500 calls to Poison Control Centers have been made this year involving synthetic drugs, according to a press release. A synthetic drug contains toxic chemicals that provide similar highs to cocaine or meth, but dangerously alter brain …
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Report: Region tops nation for drug-tied ER visits

Filed under: drug abuse treatments

For the past several years, slow economic growth and rising fixed costs for health care, pensions and other costs have increased competition for discretionary state spending, such as substance abuse treatment. Lawmakers in 2010 voted to apply the state …
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METH MAYHEM: Drug use growing in San Angelo

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Wilmouth added that at the treatment facilities, he sees physically and sexually abused women turn to the drug to escape from their problems. Drug use and emotional issues are frequently linked. Wilmouth and judges agreed the more attention on people …
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