Personal Commentary On The Drug Problem
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The need to solve the “drug problem” has been a reoccurring theme
of political and social commentary in the United States for most of the
past decade. The increase in drug use has begun a serious investigation
into its causes, a massive investment of social efforts to contain it, and
a mobili ....
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.... they become
dependent on a drug.
A document from the Department of Health and Human Services says
the use of drugs has decline dramatically since the 1970’s and 1980’s when
drug use was at its peak level. The use of drugs has declined in the
percentage of eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders who believed there was a “
great risk” in trying drugs. But in 1994, the use of drugs increased and
the Department of Health and Human Services stepped up to try to help our
parents protect the ....
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