Crime and Drug Use misc0
Date Submitted: 03/05/2003 06:28:48
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 11 pages (2953 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 11 pages (2953 words)
The link between drug use and crime is not a new one. For more than twenty years, both the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Justice have funded many studies to try to better understand the connection. One such study was done in Baltimore on heroin users. This study found high rates of criminality among users during periods of active drug use, and much lower rates during periods of nonuse (Ball …
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