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What Is the Truth About Weed and Pain Relievers?
Question by Cleopatra: What is the truth about weed and pain relievers?
I have a friend who smokes weed often and also takes painkillers (oxycotin) every once in awhile. He has also done worse drugs in the past. This scares me. He tells me he has done his research and that these won’t have any terrible lasting health effects. I feel in my gut that he is wrong… what is the truth? I am really scared for him I care about him alot. I don’t want him to ruin his life… how can I tell him this? He is a smart guy and could go far. He keeps telling me not to worry, but I can’t help it. How do I deal with this?
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Answer by Ryan S
eh i wouldnt worry, he sounds like the type to party hard throughout college and then move on after
Combating the Prescription Drug Epidemic
Combating the prescription drug epidemic
But in recent years, abuse of prescription painkillers has exploded, leaving in its wake a trail of addiction and – in too many cases – violence. That's why I pushed a new law in … The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared … Read more on Buffalo News
Teaching parents skills is worthwhile investment
Whether it is an attendance problem at school, drug use or involvement in vandalism or more serious crime, we are quick to think that better parenting might have helped that young person stay on the right path. And for the most part, we are correct … Read more on Huntington Herald Dispatch
Kids' Food Allergies Cost Big Bucks
Children's food allergies cost an estimated $ 24.8 billion each year in the U.S., most of which hit families as indirect losses in terms of work missed and career sacrifices, a study showed. … The constant threat of an accidental exposure means a … Read more on MedPage Today
CDC Issues Alert on Deadly New Designer Drug, Acetyl Fentanyl
CDC Issues Alert On Deadly New Designer Drug, Acetyl Fentanyl
In fact, the CDC reported previously on the effectiveness of community harm reduction programs implemented across the country to distribute naloxone to opioid users, their friends and families, or other opioid abuse service providers. Over 35,000 … Read more on Forbes
CDC Reports Nine Million People Use Sleeping Aids
Even though these programs have identified several risk factors involved with prescription drug abuse, the issue is still at large. Now, a new report out of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found new statistics that the use of … Read more on Counsel & Heal
CDC: Excessive alcohol use costing US billions of dollars
Also, a report earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal said that heroin use in the United States is soaring, especially in smaller cities where the drug is plentiful and prescription painkillers are tougher to get. The number of people who say … Read more on Press TV
Instead of Lowering Sentences of Accused Crack Users,How About Telling People to Not Smoke Crack Period?
Question by nofear_intrepid40: Instead of lowering sentences of accused crack users,how about telling people to not smoke crack period?
Ricky,I’m referring to ANYONE who smokes it.I never said that Black people were the only race that did so.
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Answer by jack spicer
or they could increase the crime for using power cocaine – they just wanna make the sentences fair, since they are the same drug.
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Drug use of New Mexico teens exceeds Chicago, Detroit
But New Mexico teens continue to use every drug measured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — from marijuana to cocaine to heroin — at higher rates than students nationwide. New Mexico teens use drugs at higher rates than even Chicago, … Read more on Las Cruces Sun-News
Drug Use of New Mexico Teens Exceeds Chicago, Detroit
Drug use of New Mexico teens exceeds Chicago, Detroit
But New Mexico teens continue to use every drug measured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — from marijuana to cocaine to heroin — at higher rates than students nationwide. New Mexico teens use drugs at higher rates than even Chicago, … Read more on Las Cruces Sun-News
Guest column: Marijuana regulation combats teen use
Yet, the latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) reported by the Center for Disease Control found that teen marijuana use has actually declined in Colorado. In fact, Colorado adolescent consumption rates have even fallen below the national average. Read more on Daily Camera
New Survey: Hispanic Teen Drug Use Significantly Higher Than Other Ethnic …
20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Partnership at Drugfree.org today released new research from the latest Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), a nationally projectable survey that tracks teen drug and alcohol use and parent attitudes … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)
@ISSUE: Why Are Death Rates Soaring From Prescription Drug Abuse by Women?
@ISSUE: Why are death rates soaring from prescription drug abuse by women?
Women are dying from prescription painkiller overdoses at rates never seen before, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. While men are more likely to die of a prescription painkiller overdose, the percentage increase in deaths since 1999 was … Read more on Asbury Park Press
Alcohol or Cannabis? No Question Which Substance Poses a Greater Risk to …
Specifically, representatives of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) — the same agency that claims to sponsor 85 percent of the world's research on controlled substances, but yet admits that it steadfastly refuses to engage in clinical … Read more on Huffington Post