On all evidence, the British System seemed effective in preventing the spread of addiction and associated criminality.
The British System completely prevented the growth of the gangster-led black market that drove the spread of addiction in the US.
Quinones noted, however, that the proliferation of so-called "pill mills" — operations where unscrupulous doctors rubber-stamp prescriptions for opiates — have been a contributing factor in the spread of addiction.
Carol Moss, a Mormon and Democratic state legislator, also said religion is a factor in the spread of opioid addiction.
Actually, the world arms trade is larger, but both are intertwined in the spread of drug addiction and AIDS through terrorism and guerrilla warfare.
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that the Food and Drug Administration has no authority to regulate tobacco will unquestionably stagger the administration's drive to halt the spread of nicotine addiction among young people.
Finally, the present study may also suggest that the current, widespread availability of sugar-rich diets in modern human societies may provide an unsuspected, though highly costly, shield against the further spread of drug addiction.
To them, I was just an American, a Yank, and therefore specifically responsible for the election of the clownish Ronald Reagan, the worldwide spread of Coca-Cola addiction, the displacement of serious drama by dopey action movies and the general degradation of everything.
It's a dark narrative rife with gripping scenarios rampant sexuality, rape, the spread of HIV, drug addiction, group violence— compounded into two hours of dizzying decadence.
Up to now, reform of drug laws around the world has only ever happened on the back of health crises, such as the spread of HIV, heroin addiction, kids using skunk and medicinal cannabis, or just plain economics.
Data from around the globe have long shown that giving addicts access to clean needles can reduce the spread of infection without increasing rates of addiction.
