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Drug Addiction on the Rise; Better Laws, More Public Awareness Needed
Drug Addiction on the Rise; Better Laws, More Public Awareness Needed
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, use of illicit drugs in the United States has been increasing. In their Nationwide Trends report (updated January, 2014), in 2012 an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older, approximately 9% of the population, had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication in the past month. Continue reading ? Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Study: Americans snorting less cocaine, smoking more pot
Brooks Hays WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) — A new study suggests American cocaine use has dropped by more than 50 percent, while marijuana use is up some 30 percent. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
How Many Different Tobacoo Products Are There?
Question by bluebeard: how many different tobacoo products are there?
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Types of tobacco
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Tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five deaths in the United States.”
“For each 1,000 tons of tobacco produced, about 1,000 people eventually will die. Lifelong smokers on average have a 50 percent chance of dying from tobacco-related illnesses, with half of these dying before the age of 70.”
The single greatest risk factor for oral cancer is tobacco. Oral cancer cases are seen in patients who do not use tobacco, however these specific cases constitute a small percentage (about 25 percent) of all oral cancers. All forms of tobacco have been implicated as causative agents including cigarette, cigar and pipe tobacco, as well as chewing tobacco. In India and Sri Lanka, where chewing tobacco is used with betel nuts and reverse smoking is practiced (placing the lit end in the mouth), there is a striking incidence of oral cancer – these cases account for as many as 50 percent of all cancers!
Police in Ocean County Being Trained on New Drug That Could Treat Heroin …
Police In Ocean County Being Trained On New Drug That Could Treat Heroin …
And we have the cheapest heroin, $ 3 a bag, so you couldn't have a [more] worst case scenario.” Ocean County is one of the first in the country to train police to use Narcan. The nasal spray drug keeps a person awake and breathing, reversing the effects …
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OUR OPINION: Stepping out of drug addiction's shadow
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as much as half of an individual's risk of becoming addicted depends on his or her genes. It's time to stop assigning blame … Today we're sharing some of your responses. In the weeks to come, we'll …
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Why Do So Many People Keep Trying to Push to Make Marijuana Legal?
Question by JMR: Why do so many people keep trying to push to make marijuana legal?
It’s a psychedelic drug that makes people do crazy things when high enough on it, basically. That should be good enough reason for it to be illegal. If everybody smoked it, we’d be one screwed up society. Why do people think employers drug test? Because people on marijuana can do the *exact* same tasks with accuracy as the people who aren’t high? I don’t think so. They do drug testing because people high on marijuana act crazy, sometimes become violent, paranoid, and generally are a big mess to deal with. It screws up their life by giving them a criminal record due to poor actions, getting arrested, commiting crimes, etc. A common misconception is that it’s “natural and comes from the earth, and can’t be bad for you.” I read this cop-out many times a day on Yahoo Answers. It’s a fact that ANY smoke that goes in the lungs is bad for the lungs and can over time cause lung cancer due to prolonged exposure. Cancer kills. Why is that so hard for people to understand?
UN Anti-Narcotics Panel Urges Greater Stock in Prevention, Treatment of Drug Abuse
UN anti-narcotics panel urges greater stock in prevention, treatment of drug abuse
Investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to significant savings in health-care and crime-related costs, and alleviate the suffering of drug-dependent users and their families, the independent United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide said in a report released today. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
NIDA's Director Tells Us What We Know—and Need to Know—About Marijuana
In an exclusive interview with National Geographic, Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shares her concerns about the consequences of legalizing the drug. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Drug abuse rampant in Ba Kelalan — Rep
KUCHING: Ba Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian is concerned about the severity of drug abuse among youths in his […] Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Study Reveals Effects of Chronic Methamphetamine Use on Brain Metabolism and Sleep
Study reveals effects of chronic methamphetamine use on brain metabolism and sleep
WSU sleep scientist Jonathan Wisor has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of chronic methamphetamine use on brain metabolism and sleep. The two-year, $ 395,577 grant comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the NIH. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
WSU scientist receives grant to study effects of chronic methamphetamine on brain metabolism, sleep
WSU sleep scientist Jonathan Wisor has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of chronic methamphetamine use on brain metabolism and sleep. Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results