Heroin and Crack Cocaine Use in Decline

Published October 10, 2011

Heroin and crack cocaine use in decline
New figures show that the total number of drug users entering treatment for heroin or crack cocaine has fallen by 10000 over the past two years. The official data shows that the fall in heroin use is particularly sharp among under 30s with the number …
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Number of young heroin and crack cocaine users at all-time low
By Lauren Higgs Friday, 07 October 2011 Heroin and crack cocaine use among young people has hit a record low since the drugs became popular in the 1980s and 1990s, according to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). …
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Hanson native uses running to beat drug addiction
Hanson native Chris Sears, 23 started drinking and smoking pot in middle school, snorting cocaine at 16 and shooting heroin at 19. He has been in and out of rehab and homeless shelters for five years. Now in a daily program for addiction he has been …
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Addiction vaccine could soon be a reality
Mickens is eager to learn more about a simple vaccine that could cure nicotine, alcohol and cocaine addiction. "So what we do is basically make a cocktail such that we can trick the immune system into recognizing something like cocaine or heroin as …
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