Crime in America.Net Gentlereaders: Drug use continues to increase. Criminology 101—increased drug use means more crime. Criminology is filled with endless references to drug…
View More More Americans Using Drugs. Marijuana Increases. Use by Kids Grows. Baby Boomers Record Large Gains.Category: Drug and Alcohol Use
Emergency room visits for pharmaceutical drugs double
Crime in America.Net Gentlepeople: The two reports below provide some perspective as to drug use in the United States. The reports deal with emergency room…
View More Emergency room visits for pharmaceutical drugs doubleEarly Marijuana Use Leads to Later Drug Abuse
Crime in America.Net Well, just in time for the California vote to legalize marijuana, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)…
View More Early Marijuana Use Leads to Later Drug AbuseNew cocaine users continue to decrease to the lowest number since 1973. Marijuana and ecstasy increase.
Crime in America.Net Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Remains Stable Our analysis: The news on first time use of cocaine is wonderful considering the connection…
View More New cocaine users continue to decrease to the lowest number since 1973. Marijuana and ecstasy increase.6.2 million people misused prescription drugs in the past month.
Gentlereaders: Alcohol use is stable over the last 70 years and drug use for the last decade declined. While it’s difficult (if not impossible) to…
View More 6.2 million people misused prescription drugs in the past month.Alcohol Use Stable Over Past 70 Years
Dear readers: Alcohol use is heavily connected to violent crime; more than any other substance. The connection is unremarkable noting the frequency of alcohol consumption; the…
View More Alcohol Use Stable Over Past 70 YearsMarijuana: People Do Incredibly Stupid Things Under the Influence
Dear Readers: The commentary below was created for the Los Angeles Times and was not on the website of the Office of National Drug Control…
View More Marijuana: People Do Incredibly Stupid Things Under the InfluenceThe Drug-Crime Connection Remains Strong. Marijuana is the Prominent Drug
Whenever we post statistics about the marijuana-crime connection, we get a ton of e-mails from disbelievers who feel that any connection is completely overblown. The…
View More The Drug-Crime Connection Remains Strong. Marijuana is the Prominent DrugPain Reliever Abuse-More Than a Fourfold Percentage Increase
Pain Reliever Abuse– More Than Fourfold Percentage Increase of U.S. Treatment Admissions The percentage of admissions to state-funded substance abuse treatment programs involving pain reliever…
View More Pain Reliever Abuse-More Than a Fourfold Percentage IncreaseUnderage Drinking Hospital Visits Nearly Double over the 4th of July Weekend
There’s not much more to mention here beyond the fact that underage drinking leads a lot of young people into contact with the criminal justice…
View More Underage Drinking Hospital Visits Nearly Double over the 4th of July WeekendWhy are states abandoning drug treatment? Crime in America.Net
Newsweek offers a compelling article stating that “Treatment for drug addiction works better and costs less than imprisonment alone. So why are states abandoning it?”…
View More Why are states abandoning drug treatment? Crime in America.Net