Drug Abuse

Question by Jedi Gangster: What is the purpose of criminal sentencing?

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Answer by doggenfreek
To punish the criminal for their crime?

Answer by Andreas
To punish a person for the crime they were convicted of committing. To remove their freedom to move about in society for some specified period of time.

150 years ago, there was a theory that criminals could be reformed in prison and returned to society as changed persons who would not voluntarily break the laws again. Most U.S. prisons required inmates to work to pay their keep. One prison warden in the East (an ordained minister), required all new inmates to spend time in solitary confinement when they arrived to reflect on the actions that got them there in the first place. They were not allowed to join the general prison population or engage in work until they understood what they had done wrong. The return rate for these prisoners was under 10%. This all ended with the rise of organized labor, who successfully stopped prison industries from unfairly competing with the free labor market in many areas of the country.    Read more...

DEA Drug Take-Back Collection Site Locator Now Available
1.3 million emergency department visits in 2010 were related to prescription drug misuse or abuse. Approximately 50 percent of teens believe prescription drug abuse is safer than abusing street drugs and … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Gatekeeper Innovation Launches Safer Lock Discount and Double-Donation Program
Gatekeeper Innovation, Inc., producers of Safer LockTM, announced a new NFP Affiliate Discount Program designed to deliver the benefits of Safer Lock products to drug-abuse prevent Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

PDEA lauds QC drug test plan on barangay officials
The chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has welcomed the proposal of the Quezon City government to conduct a mandatory drug testing for its barangay officials after receiving reports that some of them are hooked on illegal drugs. Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, PDEA Director General, disclosed that the proposal made by Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, who is currently the chairperson … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

Students learn the value of being drug-free
"Cigarettes are very addictive so I don't want to start," the Forest City fifth grader said during the Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduation ceremony on April 14. "They cause … Smoking was a common theme among their essays. "(DARE) taught us not …
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Editorial Contest Winner | The War on Drugs
… Mexican soldier destroying opium poppies in Navalato, Sinaloa State. Related Article. For the next 10 days we will be honoring each of the Top 10 winners of our Student Editorial Contest by publishing an essay a day, in the order of submission …
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Grand Prairie TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Expanded Drug Rehabilitation Program
The number of individuals who want help in stopping drug addiction keeps growing, and even more help is now available. For a free consultation, call 469-507-2788. (PRWeb April 23, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Grand-Prairie-drug-rehab/drug-treatment-alcohol/prweb11782152.htm Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Lawyers, drugs and money: Calif. advocates push to raise malpractice cap
He became dependent on the addictive drugs and decided to check himself into a Laguna Beach, Calif., hospital to detox on Feb. 22, 2012. The next morning, he was dead. … The California Medical Board estimates that 18 percent of doctors suffer from …
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Preview of Shattering the Myths Around Substance Abuse – 2013 National Drug Facts Day – Preview of Shattering the Myths Around Substance Abuse – 2013 National Drug Facts Day Youth from the DC metro area met with top U.S. scientists and inspirati…

REGION: State police among law enforcement agencies doing National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
WASHTENAW COUNTY — Michigan State Police, among other local law enforcement agencies, is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Report recommends that medical insurers use prescription monitoring data to reduce abuse of opioids
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis University has issued a ground-breaking report recommending that medical insurers use prescription monitoring data to reduce the overdoses, deaths and health care costs associated with abuse of opioids and other prescription drugs. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Sheriff’s Department to host Drug Take Back Day
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will host the eighth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday at various sites throughout the High Desert. The event, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, aims to… Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...