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Heroin uptick in Mass. sparks national reaction
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Drug addiction must be treated as a disease and the country can't arrest its way out of a heroin and prescription drug epidemic, White House Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske said Monday as officials gathered to discuss a recent spike in heroin overdoses in Taunton.         Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Leaders push for expansion of heroin overdose-reversal drug
As suburban communities look to battle the problem of heroin abuse on all fronts, health and law enforcement leaders say they're working to build greater awareness of a drug that can counteract an overdose's effects. "It absolutely brings someone back to life who is on the verge of death," Karen Ayala, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, said about the drug, called Narcan. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

Answered: Can America's drug czar tell the truth about marijuana?
It takes what is supposed to be the lead drug-policy agency out of the action with regard to the most prominent — though hardly the most important — drug policy problem, specifically whether and how to make cannabis legally available,” said our state …
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Marijuana most common drug on campus
People who smoke marijuana frequently experience many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, including coughing and acute chest illness, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. A study found people who frequently smoke …
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Hill adds synthetic marijuana to random drug tests
The Department of Defense recently expanded its zero tolerance policy for the use of illicit drugs to include synthetic marijuana, commonly known as "Spice." As a result, the drug is now included in a panel of drugs that is automatically tested for …
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DEA using texting to fight prescription drug abuse
ATLANTA — A pharmacy tech who makes $ 12 an hour but drives a Mercedes. A rumor that a pharmacist may… Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

White House drug policy adviser plans Mass. talk – News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is set to join President Barack Obama's drug czar in Massachusetts to discuss ways of curbing fatalities caused by prescription drug abuse and an epidemic of heroin deaths this year. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Question by noiamnot: Spiritually Speaking – Drug Addicts?
I have dabbled a bit in my younger days although thankfully have never been dependent on any drug but I have unfortunately lost a few close friends to drug overdoses.

Would a person who OD’d on a bad batch of heroin go to heaven?

I have a friend who is deeply religious, goes to church all the time etc but he is a heroin addict.
So far he controls the heroin and not the other way round.
He has been an addict for over 20 years but doesn’t fit the usual “stereotyped image”.
He is wealthy, successful, charming, well presented etc…just has an addiction to heroin.

He tells me that because God knows what he does and because he doesn’t abuse heroin, rather he uses it he will go to heaven should he ever accidentally od.

your thoughts please..    Read more...

White House drug policy adviser plans Mass. talk
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is set to join President Barack Obama's drug czar in Massachusetts to discuss ways of curbing fatalities caused by prescription drug abuse and an epidemic of heroin deaths this year.         Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

DEA hopes new program can stem big problem
A pharmacy tech who makes $ 12 an hour but drives a Mercedes. A rumor that a pharmacist may be trading sex for drugs. A prescription note with handwriting that's a little too easy to read. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

White House drug policy adviser plans Mass. talk
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is set to join President Barack Obama's drug czar in Massachusetts to discuss ways of curbing fatalities caused by prescription drug abuse and an epidemic of heroin deaths this year.         Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results