Drug Abuse

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Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction – IU Southeast Horizon

Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction IU Southeast Horizon Melissa Trauth didn't know why her iPad and iPod were missing, or where her jewelry had gone, or why all the spoons and cotton balls had disappeared. But one day she got a call, and suddenly it all made sense — her oldest son had been stealing from …

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New Holland area focuses on preventing drug abuse: April 28 program … – Lancaster Newspapers

Read more... New Holland area focuses on preventing drug abuse: April 28 program … Lancaster Newspapers An upcoming evening program on the dangers of drugs for youth being held at Garden Spot High School is part of a new push in the New Holland area by community groups, the school district and law enforcement officials to do more to counteract the drug …

Inspired in Hawaii 2010 – 4th Place (Video) – “Left With Nothing” by Tabatha Laanui; Maryknoll High School, 12th Grade; Chris Coates, teacher. Fourth place winner in the 2010 Inspired in Hawaii Contest, …

Police: Utah mom admitted to killing her 6 babies
PROVO, Utah >> Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies. Huntsman, 39, told police she either strangled or suffocated them immediately after they were born. She wrapped their bodies in a towel or a shirt, put them in …
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Colorado's medical marijuana attracts families with epileptic kids
Officials with the FDA, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy all declined to discuss the government's position on CBD oil or relaxing restrictions on marijuana for …
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Question by Keegan: Rank these substances?
Please rank the following substances based on how addictive they are and the amount of damage they do to your body when abused:
Marijuana
Alcohol
Heroin
Oxycontin
Ecstasy
Cocaine
Crack
Methamphetamine
LSD
Mushrooms

Please explain your rankings! 🙂

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Answer by Morphine
If you search “drug danger chart” on Google images, you get this chart that shows yellow, orange and red bubbles and lists the danger of the drugs based on two factors: dependence and physical harm to your body.

According to the list, from least dangerous to most dangerous:

Marijuana
Mushrooms
LSD
Ecstasy
Alcohol
Oxycontin
Methamphetamine
Crack
Cocaine
Heroin

One Eye-Opening Chart Shows What the War on Drugs Is Doing to America
According to the Bureau of Prisons, 50.1% of America's federal prison inmates are serving time for drug offenses. That figure's up from just 16% in 1970, around the time President Nixon declared drug abuse "public enemy number one" and set loose the …
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Why criminalize prenatal drug use? A letter to Gov. Bill Haslam
And helping mothers to battle their disease requires a treatment-based approach that must first do no harm by ensuring they are not deterred from prenatal care that could reduce the effects of addiction on their babies. Besides, even as a law …
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Pot laws have parents worried about effect on kids
Pot laws have parents worried about effect on kids. Some Seattle parents want to bring drug-sniffing dogs into high schools. Experts say there are better ways to deter youth drug use, but they're disappointed state officials haven't come up with a more …
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Push is on to expand use of overdose drug
The drug is Naloxone — better known by the brand name Narcan — which binds to the opioid receptors in the brain and reverses the drug's effect within minutes, stopping a potentially fatal overdose. Narcan is described as a cheap, effective, safe drug …
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Regional Program on Substance Abuse Scheduled at Annandale High School
Parents, guardians, and their middle and high school-aged teens are invited to attend “Protecting Against the Realities of Substance Abuse,” a program organized by Parents Reaching Out To Educate Communities Together (P.R.O.T.E.C.T.), a task force of …
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Nurse's license suspended for alleged drug abuse
PROVIDENCE,R.I. –The state health director has suspended the license of a registered nurse with a history of substance abuse after he failed a drug test and admitted to taking a dose from an old prescription of the opioid Tramadol. Arthur L. Demedeiros …
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Tribes launch multi-faceted offensive to combat substance abuse
PABLO – Tribal officials say more stringent rules for receiving housing assistance, and pharmaceuticals have been put in place in the four months since the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council promised to aggressively combat substance abuse …
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Question by SINister: Who actually has a “typical family?”?
Like the families portrayed in movies as typical. With at least one grandparent. With a mother and a father married, with a good sized house, with or without siblings. Where there are no beatings.

I live in a trailer and my dad left when I was six. All my my friends have divorced parents, or have missing parents like me, or live in a tiny house. A lot of people who I’ve met have had tons of family problems. I’m starting to wonder if a typical family exists. So my question is, is there anyone here who has a typical family? What’s it like?

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Answer by INFP
My parents are still together we live in a nice house and there is yelling now and then but there are no beatings. I did used to get spanked though.    Read more...