| National Pulse Check Report Describes Trends in Local Drug Market Activity Back to Top ----------------------- Fifty-Five Percent of Sentenced Federal Prisoners Are Drug Offenders Back to Top ----------------------- Hallucinogenic Tryptamines AMT and Foxy Gain Popularity in U.S.;DEA Temporarily Places Drugs into Schedule I of Controlled Substances Act Back to Top ----------------------- Youths Who Would Turn to an Adult to Talk About a Serious Problem Less Likely to Use Alcohol Back to Top ----------------------- Youths Who Report Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use More Than Twice As Likely to Think About or Attempt Suicide Back to Top ----------------------- U.S. Emergency Department Visits Involving Narcotic Analgesics Have Doubled in Five Years Back to Top ----------------------- Buprenorphine Now Available for Treating Heroin Dependence in U.S Back to Top ----------------------- Los Angeles County Drug Court Graduates Half as Likely to Be Re-Arrested Back to Top ----------------------- Drug Use Among D.C. Adult Arrestees Has Declined Since Late 1980s; Cocaine the Most Prevalent, PCP Surpasses Opiates Back to Top ----------------------- Texas Middle School Smokers Less Likely to Buy Cigarettes; More Likely to Steal or Obtain Other Ways Back to Top ----------------------- Youths Who Begin Using Marijuana Before Age Fifteen Are More Likely to Report Lifetime Cocaine Use Back to Top ----------------------- Maryland Methadone Overdose Deaths Increase Ten-Fold Since 1997 Back to Top ----------------------- Minors Say They Can Purchase Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illegal Drugs Within Five Blocks of Home Back to Top ----------------------- Ecstasy Use Stabilizes Among High School Seniors as Perceived Harmfulness Increases Back to Top ----------------------- One-Fourth of Sexually Active U.S. High School Students Used Alcohol or Drugs At Last Sexual Intercourse: Males More Likely Than Females to Mix Drugs and Sex Back to Top ---------------------- Back to Top ----------------------- Back to Top ----------------------- Back to Top |