Posts Tagged ‘substance use’
Parity Law Has Little Effect on Spending for Substance Abuse Treatment
Parity law has little effect on spending for substance abuse treatment
By Michael Greenwood – Despite predictions that requiring health insurers to provide equal coverage for substance use disorder treatment would raise costs, a Yale study finds that the economic impact so far has been minimal. The study is published …
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First Woman in UK Dies From Smoking Marijuana: What Is Cannabis Poisoning?
First Woman in UK Dies From Smoking Marijuana: What is Cannabis Poisoning?
A mother-of-three is the first woman in the UK who is believed to have died from cannabis poisoning. Gemma Moss, from Bournemouth, Dorset, collapsed in bed after smoking a cannabis cigarette. It is understood she might have suffered a cardiac arrest after smoking the class B drug, as none of her vital organs showed anything wrong. Dr Kudair Hussein, a pathologist, told the inquest in Bournemouth … Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Key findings on nuclear force troubles
The Associated Press has uncovered a series of security lapses and other troubles in the nation's nuclear forces. The issue came to a head this week when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel summoned top military leaders and ordered a review of the problems. Here are the key missteps suffered by the personnel who handle the world's most deadly weapons: Causes of Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results
Bay Village PTA's Parent Pledge to Fight Substance Abuse Draws Hundreds to …
Bay Village PTA's parent pledge to fight substance abuse draws hundreds to …
BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — More than 420 individuals and couples already have signed on to the Bay Village PTA's parent pledge to fight substance abuse. It's a promise never to condone alcohol or drug use by children, to become actively involved in children …
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Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use
By Sarah Peters. New data linking severe mental illness and substance use could lead to more effective and streamlined treatment options for clinicians and patients, according to a leading expert in psychiatry and addiction issues. The Washington …
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Spartanburg County Council approves of 0000 grant for substance abuse …
The grant is part of an ongoing partnership between the S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services and S.C. Department of Social Services. The two agencies teamed up about two and a half years ago to create an option that would allow …
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Vermont Faces Opiate Drug Abuse Crisis – CBS News
Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis – CBS News
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Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis
CBS News The two-term Democrat says devoting his entire State of the State speech to drug abuse was necessary, because 80 percent of inmates in Vermont jails are there on drug-related charges; serious crimes are up 46 percent over the past five years; and last … |
Drug abuse screening bill OK’d by Indiana House – WRTV Indianapolis
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Drug abuse screening bill OK'd by Indiana House
WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS – A contentious bill to screen welfare recipients for drug abuse and limit residents to buy only "nutritional" foods with food stamps is moving forward. State representatives voted 71-22 in favor of the bill Tuesday. The bill would require … |
Research Links Severe Mental Illness And Substance Use – Huffington Post
Is a Government Conspiracy the Reason Why Marijuana Is Still Illegal?
Question by iluvthePhillies: Is a government conspiracy the reason why marijuana is still illegal?
This is a question that I have been considering with much greater interest, especially since the government classifies cannabis as a “Schedule 1 substance with no medicinal use” even though numerous people use it for medicinal purposes everyday. Can someone please give me some conclusive proof that cannabis is in fact illegal due to the potential problems it might cause and not due to a true government conspiracy?
Best answer:
Answer by Casey Forrest
in CA the people had a direct vote to keep it illegal.
Answer by Athame57
You said: ‘true government conspiracy?’….you change governments too often for that, why would there be one?
That it has medical uses I agree, even Queen Victoria used it.
Alas, Heroine was developed to be a medicine from the start.
Theres no conspiracy, just attitude.
Substance Use a Major Problem in Psychotic Disorders
Substance Use a Major Problem in Psychotic Disorders
… mental illness, who acted as control participants. Relative to the control participants, those with severe mental illness had increased odds for smoking, as well as heavy use of alcohol and marijuana and recreational substance use, the researchers …
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