Statistics on Drug Abuse

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Hispanic teens more likely to use drugs, study says

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A larger percentage — 62% of Hispanic teens — have been offered drugs such as ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine at least once, compared with 53% of Caucasian teens and 46% of African-Americans. When it came to Hispanic parents, …
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Legislators question Medicaid expansion's effect on drug abuse

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Ohio's growing heroin and prescription drug problem has collided with the biggest issue facing the legislature this fall: Whether to expand Medicaid health care benefits to hundreds of thousand of low-income residents. The Medicaid debate is set to be …
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