drug abuse

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The analysis, involving about two million people, linked the drugs to better heart health, fewer infections, a lower risk of drug abuse and fewer cases of dementia.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

The policy directs billions of dollars to programs that provide homeless people with permanent housing and offer — but do not require them to accept — services like treatment for mental illness or drug abuse.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The “Los Angeles Life Rebuilding Center” that Taormina wants to build would house up to 10,000 homeless people and provide medical and mental health services, job training, immigration help and drug abuse diversion programs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

A program aiming to diversify the NIH workforce could award up to $20 million a year to neuroscience, drug abuse, and mental health investigators from minority groups.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 17, 2022

Carefully selected police officers team with drug abuse counselors to lead discussion sessions throughout the fifth and sixth grades.

From What Works: Schools Without Drugs by Education, United States Department of