Sentences with phrase «americans than cocaine»
Prescription overdoses are now responsible for killing more Americans than cocaine and heroin combined, and have moved past traffic accidents as the leading cause of death nationwide, according to Shimsky.
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MADRID (AP)-- Spanish authorities say they cooperated with Ecuadorean police to intercept a ship off that Latin American country bringing more than 5.5 metric tons of cocaine to Spain.
Spanish authorities say they worked with Ecuadorean police to stop a freighter off the South American country's coast carrying more than 5.5 metric tons of cocaine headed to Spain.
More than 12 million Americans abuse alcohol, and another 1 million abuse cocaine or heroin.
Abuse and dependence on «hard drugs» (cocaine, hallucinogen or PCP, opiate, amphetamine and sedatives) are less common among delinquent African American youth than those who are non-Hispanic white, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Perhaps that's not surprising given that the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy reports that more than 2 million Americans used cocaine in 2007, which has been linked to ill effects ranging from debilitating addiction to heart attacks.
It's why nearly 30 percent of American adults have a drinking problem, and the reason why more than 22 million others using mood - altering drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants — all in a desparate attempt to somehow cope with stress.