Sannicandro: Rethinking Drugs and Incarceration

Published February 23, 2014

Sannicandro: Rethinking drugs and incarceration

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Signs Of Addiction

For nonviolent drug offenders the recidivism rates is roughly 50 percent, therefore the state spends significantly more money for a punishment that creates a revolving door of re-incarceration without tackling the underlying problem of addiction. While … Read more on Wicked Local

Heroin is becoming the drug of choice of the young, the restless, the dead …

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Signs Of Addiction

There are no signs that the opiate onslaught is slowing as more young people are graduating from the abuse of oxycontin and other prescription painkillers, and digging early graves with heroin. Ohio will not be able to build enough prisons, or arrest … Read more on The Plain Dealer

'No area unscathed by heroin overdoses' in Washington County

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There's absolutely no warning, and they don't have the chance to react.” Holtzman stressed the importance of monitoring loved ones for warning signs of heroin abuse, such as rapid weight loss, needle marks, and changes in appearance and behavior … Read more on Herald-Mail Media