Hull is crack cocaine and heroin capital of Yorkshire with alcohol misuse also …

Hull is crack cocaine and heroin capital of Yorkshire with alcohol misuse also …
Hull City Council spent 45 per cent of its £18.4m total public health allocation in 2012-13 on tackling drug and alcohol misuse. Yet it is estimated there remains between 3,500 and 4,500 Class A drug users, including both injecting and non-injecting … Read more on Hull Daily Mail

Torrington heroin overdose victim reflects on near-death experience
Drug addiction experts have told the Register Citizen addiction is typically a life-long battle. A person can be sober for years, … An official at the Department of Mental Heath and Addiction Services said she hadn't heard of the drug, and didn't … Read more on Torrington Register Citizen

Task Force Recommends Maryland's First Veterans Court
“They've still not treated the underlying illness which isn't drug abuse, it's the psychological injury,” Burch said recently, standing outside the Prince George's County Courthouse in Upper Marlboro. “The courts here, they don't have time to delve … Read more on Patch.com

Letters: January 13, 2014
Cannabis prohibition produces underground markets, cartels, increased hard drug addiction rates, contempt for drug laws, eroded constitutional rights, loss of freedom, escalated prison populations, corrupt politicians, race discrimination, trillions of … Read more on Winnipeg Sun