Heavy Meth, Marijuana Users Risk Schizophrenia
Heavy Meth, Marijuana Users Risk Schizophrenia
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None had ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia or psychotic symptoms before hospitalization. Their records were compared to a control group of patients who were hospitalized for appendicitis. They found that heavy meth use was significantly linked to …
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Meth users rarely 55 or older
Meth users rarely 55 or older
Filed under: meth abuse treatment
While it's not yet known whether the 68-year-old Sullivan was snorting, smoking or injecting the drug himself, statistics show it is extremely rare for older adults to abuse methamphetamine. In Colorado, only 1.3 percent of all treatment admissions for… Continue reading
Number of young heroin and crack cocaine users at all-time low
Signs Of Heroin Use in the News
Signs Of Heroin Use: Number of young heroin and crack cocaine users at all-time low
"Fewer people coming into treatment, while waiting times remain low, are signs that the huge problem created by the heroin epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is being… Continue reading
Crack Cocaine Statistics: Fall in heroin and crack users
Crack Cocaine Statistics in the News
Crack Cocaine Statistics: Fall in heroin and crack users
The number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England has fallen, according to independent research. The study by the University of Glasgow shows there were about 25000 fewer addicts in 2009-10 than six years… Continue reading
Methamphetamine Users: The War on Drugs: It's Time to Roll Out the Portuguese Model
Methamphetamine Users in the News
Methamphetamine Users: The War on Drugs: It's Time to Roll Out the Portuguese Model
In the same Angus Reid Public Opinion poll, researchers found that when asked about legalizing other drugs (cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and ecstasy), none had more than 10% support from Americans.… Continue reading
Domestic Violence And Crystal Meth Users
Article by Adrienne DeVita
Domestic violence and substance abuse reached new depths with the availability of crystal methamphetamine as the new leisure drug of the masses. Going by various street names such as speed, crank, glass, and ice, this demon drug knows no race, creed, or status and is all… Continue reading