State report on drug abuse shows drop in treatment
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There is some encouraging news in a new report on drug trends in the Twin Cities area.
Based on 2007 numbers, there's been a significant drop in treatment admissions for methamphetamine abuse. And meth use, among high school students, has also declined.
But Carol Falkowski, a leading state expert on drug use and abuse, said the news is less encouraging in other areas.
"We've seen an increase in people coming into addiction treatment, where the primary substance problems are prescription pain-killers. And that's increased and now accounts for about 5 percent of admissions, compared to 1 percent in the year 2000," said Falkowski.
Falkowski said the latest metro-area numbers show a serious jump in marijuana use among high school seniors, while cocaine treatment admissions are declining in the general population.
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