SOCIETY in BRIEF 9/7

Published July 15, 2013

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 9/7

Filed under: drug addiction treatment statistics

He said that after 24 months of treatment, the ratio of drug addicts who broke the law had fallen from 40.8 per cent to 1.34 per cent. The ratio for those in conflict with their families also fell from 90.36 per cent to 2.27 per cent. Statistics from …
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More Women in the US Die By Overdose Than From Cervical Cancer

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As if this wasn't shocking enough —women have historically been a solid minority in drug abuse statistics —this data is ascribed to middle-aged women, ages 45-54, indicating that most of these medicines are likely accurately and legally prescribed …
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Details emerge in pill-mill probe

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There were no DHHR statistics available for 2012 and this year on overdose deaths, the commander asserted. Of those … Calloway's employees “on multiple occasions advised Dr. Milan several patients within the drug treatment program were not showing in …
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My breast cancer mutation

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I wondered: If I could remove the mutated embryos and birth one without the bad gene, could I reduce my daughter's risk of cancer from almost 50 per cent to 12 per cent — the same statistical chance of breast cancer as all women — effectively …
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