BB Weekly Congress Update 2-1-16
Category: Drug Legalization
Effects of Drug Legalization
Heroin deaths surged
Deaths from Heroin Overdoses Surged in 2014
http://atforum.com/2015/12/deaths-heroin-overdoses-surged-2014/
Spice overdoses
Health, law officials alarmed at ‘spice’ overdoses More than two dozen people sent to hospitals in last two weeks Dec. 5, 2015 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/dec/05/synthetic-spice-drug-overdoses-warning/
Pot-smokers don’t go to prison
http://www.natlnarc.org/no-one-serves-jail-time-for-smoking-pot/
UND Video on Illicit Drug Use
https://vimeo.com/uofnorthdakota/review/129813975/a08524a067
Change in treatment for heroin and opiates
One showing all opiate changes in treatment and one shows heroin treatment rates for all counties in MN.