Drug-offender law falling short, study finds
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Proposition 36, the voter-enacted law that substitutes treatment for jail time for low-risk drug offenders, fails to provide adequate treatment for those it serves, according to a study published today.
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Montgomery County's plans to make Canadian prescription drugs available to employees has hit a snag after an analysis by the school system concluded that the practice won't save as much money as hoped and could be more expensive than domestic sources for drugs.
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An effort to ease tensions over the use of morphine-based painkillers has backfired -- leaving many doctors and patients more fearful than before that they could be arrested for practicing what they consider good medicine.
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The number of cannabis farms being uncovered by police in England and Wales has trebled in the last two years, according to a report by drugs information charity DrugScope published Tuesday.
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Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, says a government report released Thursday.
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Nearly 80 percent of young people who are arrested use illegal drugs or alcohol, but fewer than 4 percent receive substance abuse treatment, says a new study.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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State lawmakers voted Tuesday to scale back some mandatory prison terms under New York's infamously harsh drug laws, which critics said caused low-level offenders and addicts to spend too much time in state prison.
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For the third straight year, illegal drug use by teenagers declined slightly in 2004 - with the notable exceptions of inhalants, alcohol and the pain killer OxyContin, government investigators said yesterday.
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Police arrested more people for marijuana violations in 2005 than any previous year. But they arrested far fewer for heroin, cocaine or violent crimes. In Bodyhack.
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The nation&#39;s most respected treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall short of what&#39;s necessary for effective treatment, a new study suggests.
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How close are we to winning the war on drugs? It's hard to say, because the statistics on drug use are so murky. Now researchers are trying to fix that
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Medicinal cannabis studies are going more slowly than expected as the state&#39;s voters back stem cell work. By Edie Lau - Bee Science Writer.
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SACRAMENTO A study of drug offenders arrested after a proposition was passed that sent offenders to treatment instead of jail found that nearly half of the offenders were arrested again.
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Lessons on drugs have not worked and more must be done about smoking and alcohol, advisers say.
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WASHINGTON -- Nearly four in five young people arrested for juvenile crimes are involved with alcohol or drugs, and few are getting treatment, a study of the juvenile justice system finds.
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Glue-sniffing and other forms of solvent abuse are being overlooked in the fight against drugs, a report finds.