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If You Have Ever Abused Drugs …….?

Question by Karen R: If you have ever abused drugs …….?
Have you descovered the real reason WHY you abused them?
OOps, I meant “discovered”

Best answer:

Answer by Jan Stolz
Nope. never even had the urge to try them. Why give some muillionare drug dealer my hard earned money for something that will only hurt me in the end? it never made sense.

Answer by NoWay
I have smoked a lot of pot. Escapism is the reason. I was in a bad spot so I escaped the situation by getting high and watching a movie. I am successful, intelligent and happy. It didn’t lead to other things (except eating and laughing) and helped me through a bad time. Pot is not as bad as alcohol in my opinion.

Prescription Drug Abuse an All-Too-Familiar Story – Indianapolis Star

Prescription drug abuse an all-too-familiar story – Indianapolis Star


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Prescription drug abuse an all-too-familiar story
Indianapolis Star
Every 25 minutes someone in the U.S. dies from an overdose, and prescription drugs are the most commonly abused substances after marijuana and alcohol, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Colts owner Jim Irsay has admitted prescription 
Documents show Irsay battled Rx drug abuse for decadesWISH
Irsay's arrest is the latest glimpse at his battle with addictionMuncie Star Press
Colts owner Jim Irsay arrested for OWISportingNews.com
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New council to address prescription drug abuse, over-prescribing doctors in … – Charleston Post Courier

New council to address prescription drug abuse, over-prescribing doctors in
Charleston Post Courier
Members of Gov. Nikki Haley's new prescription drug abuse task force acknowledge that other nearby states, including Georgia, Florida and Kentucky, have been tackling painkiller addiction more aggressively than South Carolina has done. "Once (other 
South Carolina Creates Prescription Drug Abuse Study GroupInsurance Journal

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Tri-State Church Reaches Out to Help Win Battle of Drug Addiction – WLWT Cincinnati

Tri-State church reaches out to help win battle of drug addiction – WLWT Cincinnati


WLWT Cincinnati

Tri-State church reaches out to help win battle of drug addiction
WLWT Cincinnati
The 25 heroin facts in this slideshow are provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. More. Each Sunday this month the church will have a speaker talk about their life before, during, and after their addiction to heroin or other drugs. Church
The Record: Fighting drugsNorthJersey.com

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Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Employee drug testing costly to county, state – Uniontown Herald Standard

Employee drug testing costly to county, state
Uniontown Herald Standard
Use of illegal and prescription drugs in the workplace has declined slowly over the last two decades, but employers spend a lot of money testing their workforces to help protect the safety of workers and the public. Two high-profile state One of

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RAYSAC Radar: Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Heroin

RAYSAC Radar: Prescription drug abuse leads to Heroin
According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, on an average day 2,500 teenagers will abuse prescription medication. The 2013 Monitoring the Future made available by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports …
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Abuse and Addiction to Drugs such as Pain Killers, Alcohol and Food
In 1924 though, Congress made the production and sale of heroin illegal due to obvious harsh health consequences resulting from its continued and excessive use and abuse causing addiction and death. Now we are in that same addiction limbo that defined …
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Holder Calls Deaths From Heroin Overdoses an 'Urgent and Growing Public Health

Holder calls deaths from heroin overdoses an 'urgent and growing public health
By Jerry Markon, E-mail the writer. The Obama administration called attention on Monday to the nationwide surge in heroin abuse, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. saying a spike in overdoses from the deadly drug constitutes “an urgent and …
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United Nations Report: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are "Not Beneficial"
The Scientific Consultation Working Group on Drug Policy, Health and Human Rights of the UNODC – which includes Nora Volkow, head of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – is releasing the recommendations at the High-Level Segment of …
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North Andover CARES Fights Youth Drug Abuse Locally – Wicked Local North Andover

North Andover CARES fights youth drug abuse locally – Wicked Local North Andover

North Andover CARES fights youth drug abuse locally
Wicked Local North Andover
On the morning of March 31, former NBA and Celtics player Chris Herren will speak to North Andover students in grades 8 through 12 about the dangers of substance abuse and addicition. This speaking event will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the North

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Officials Unveil New Drug-Free NH Ad Campaign – Patch.com

Officials Unveil New Drug-Free NH Ad Campaign
Patch.com
She noted that the latest data, showing that 10 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 had used marijuana during the last month, was one of the highest rates in the country, and the prescription drug abuse was “a problem in its own right and could lead to

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