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Drug Abuse
Reports from University of Delaware add new data to research in drug abuse
July 11th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Although the problem of prescription drug abuse has endured for well over two centuries, research into the abuse and diversion of these drugs has been relatively recent. The first general population survey to document the abuse of prescription medications occurred in 1970, and subsequent studies demonstrated that the abuse and diversion of amphetamines, opioids, and sedatives has continued to be widespread." "During the 1980s and much of the 1990s, prescription drug abuse took a back seat to other more pressing concerns: 'freebase' and powder cocaine, the cocaine wars, crack and sex-for-crack exchanges, rising rates of...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-07-11)
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