Polk Still Seen as Meth ‘Hot Spot’
According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA),Florida residents abuse drugs at a rate statistically comparable to the ratenationwide. (See Table3.) The number ofdrug- and alcohol-related treatment admissions per 100,000 population in Florida(625) was higher than the number per 100,000 nationwide (607) in 1999, the mostrecent year for which these data are available.…