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Sobering Stories About Heroin

August 27, 2009 in STORIES & LETTERS | Leave a comment

The Heroin Awareness Foundation is a self-funded, volunteer organization designed to provide non-professional, unbiased information, discussion, personal connection, encouragement and resources for families and individuals affected by heroin and other drugs of abuse.  Read the stories HERE.  Read Kyndalls’s story.  Site posted by Mary.

Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction

August 27, 2009 in STATISTICS, TREATMENT | Leave a comment

In 2006, 23.6 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem (9.6 percent of the persons aged 12 or older). Of these, 2.5 million (10.8 percent of those who needed treatment) received treatment at a specialty facility. Thus, 21.2 million persons (8.6 percent of the population aged 12 or older) needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but did not receive it. These estimates are similar to the estimates for 2005.*  see the rest of the NIDA article here

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