Snorting Heroin Leads to the Needle / Educational PSA Video

Snorting Heroin Leads To The Needle / Educational PSA Video – Snorting Heroin Leads To The Needle / Educational PSA Video. Public Service Announcement in the public domain. Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) Information: Heroin …

Carlton Turner and Herbert Goldstein: Research doesn't support use of medical …

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

In December, 2012, the Government Drug Abuse Warning Network Report stated that over 45,000 American youth between the ages of 15 to 17 entered emergency rooms because of marijuana. If 100 young people needed emergency room treatment …
Read more on Sun-Sentinel

To Stop Designer Drugs, an Early Warning System Is Born

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

Currently investigators aren't fast enough to prevent serious harm; according to the U.S. Drug Abuse Warning Network, some 28,000 emergency room visits in 2011 were caused by known marijuana synthetics, more than double the 2010 number.
Read more on Businessweek

Synthetic drugs have real-life consequences

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

These drug manufacturers are targeting young people. The Drug Abuse Warning Network issued a first-of-its-kind report last year that studied emergency room visits linked to synthetic drug abuse. It found that more than 11,000 emergency room visits …
Read more on The Independent Florida Alligator

Rx Drug Abuse: Arkansas Uses Statistics To Guide Decisions

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

Another data source — DAWN, or Drug Abuse Warning Network, which monitors drug-related deaths and emergency-room visits — provides national and metropolitan-level figures that Varady said can be “extrapolated” for state use. Ed Barham, public …
Read more on Hot Springs Village Voice