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Concord Center To Study Drug Use!
Posted by FoM on April 08, 1999 at 15:08:38 PT
Methamphetamine abuse called epidemic!
Source: SF Gate
A Concord drug treatment center will be one of seven sites nationwide to study methamphetamine abuse amid growing evidence that Contra Costa County is experiencing an epidemic of the cheap, powerful stimulant. And almost a decade into California's meth crisis, statistics show that Contra Costa has had a 50 percent higher hospital-admission rate for the drug than the rest of the state. 
``The numbers have really been rising in methamphetamine abuse,'' said Denise Mordecai of the New Leaf Treatment Center. ``It's pretty astounding. I think Contra Costa County is one of the worst counties hit in the state. And California is one of the worst states in the nation.'' As part of a $3.1 million grant awarded by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, New Leaf will offer free drug counseling to as many as 200 people over the next three years. The goal is to compare the center's outpatient treatment program with eight-week and 16-week courses developed in Los Angeles to treat cocaine addicts. What can we do to help solve this problem?Good article! Please click the above link for the full story!
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