‘Drug Abuse’ Archives
Pennsylvania Puts 20 Additional Drug Recognition Experts on the Road
Harrisburg - In Pennsylvania's latest effort to strengthen highway safety, 13 state troopers and seven municipal police officers have recently been trained as drug recognition experts, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan announced today. These drug recognition experts, known as DREs, are trained to recognize signs of impairment in drivers [...]
Risks of Injection Drug Use
Injection drug use accounts for nearly one-third (36%) of cumulative AIDS cases in the US, and for 28% of the 42,156 new AIDS cases reported in 2000. These cases include injecting drug users (IDUs), their sexual partners and children born to them. African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately affected by IDU-associated AIDS. In 2000, [...]
“Bath Salts”
Law enforcement officials throughout the country are reporting that products promoted as "bath salts" have become prevalent as a drug of abuse. Bath salts have recently appeared in some of the same retail outlets that sell synthetic cannabinoid products such as K2 and Spice, and also are available via the Internet. Bath salts are abused as [...]
Methadone Maintenance Treatment Under Scrutiny
MMT (Methadone Maintenance Treatment), a form of opiate replacement therapy, reduces and/or eliminates the use of illicit opiates, the criminality associated with opiate use, and allows patients to improve their health and social productivity. In addition, enrollment in methadone maintenance has the potential to reduce the transmission of [...]
