Posts Tagged ‘drugs’


Drug Addiction Stories: Three Books on Illegal, or Not, Drugs – Washington Post

Drug Addiction Stories: Three books on illegal, or not, drugs – Washington Post

Three books on illegal, or not, drugs
Washington Post
Campbell weaves in a fascinating history of the drug in the United States, including the legal and political story of how marijuana came to be classified as a Schedule I narcotic — more dangerous and less useful than Schedule II drugs such as cocaine

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Drug Addiction Stories: Once addicted, woman shares story to inspire hope – Chillicothe Gazette

Once addicted, woman shares story to inspire hope
Chillicothe Gazette
While Morris is used to sharing her story one-on-one, Tuesday she spoke before about 40 people at the Ross County Drug Abuse Prevention Coalition's second community forum. Her goal was the same as when she speaks on a personal level –to let people

‘She’d Stockpile Drugs So She Wouldn’t Run Out’: New Details of Whitney Houston’s Drug Habit, Spent Thousands of Dollars a Week – FOX News

Drug Addiction Help: ‘She’d Stockpile Drugs So She Wouldn’t Run Out’: New Details of Whitney Houston’s Drug Habit, Spent Thousands of Dollars a Week – FOX News
Most recently, The Daily Beast offered an even further in-depth look into the Grammy winner’s addiction through the years … they understood she needed serious help, and then it was too late.” “Drugs were around her for years before …
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Drug Addiction Help: Cusick legislation can help in fight against Rx drug abuse – Staten Island Advance
Much has been said about the prescription drug epidemic. We read about it in the newspapers; we see it on television; we hear about it from friends and family. One man is actually doing something about it: Assemblyman Michael Cusick. Mr. Cusick …
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Drug Addiction Help: Prescription Drug Addiction: A Medical Condition, Not a Moral Failure – Huffington Post
He is currently in residential rehab with the full support of his family. Prescription drug addiction affects men and women, young and old, employed and unemployed, and those suffering from mental illness and those who don’t. In short …
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Drug Addiction Help: Adena: 47 Babies Test Positive for Drugs in 7 Months – Chillicothe Gazette

Drug Addiction Help: Adena: 47 babies test positive for drugs in 7 months – Chillicothe Gazette

Adena: 47 babies test positive for drugs in 7 months
Chillicothe Gazette
CHILLICOTHE — Adena Health System is applying for grant money to help stem the tide of babies being born to drug-addicted mothers. According to Adena, in the past seven months, women at the new Women and Children's Center have given birth to 47 babies

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Drug Addiction Help: Malaysia mosque a source of hope for heroin addicts – Chicago Tribune


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Malaysia mosque a source of hope for heroin addicts
Chicago Tribune
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – For 30 years, Feisal Fakharudin lived a heroin addict's life, sleeping on streets, getting into trouble with police and rotating in and out of drug treatment centers. In Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country where drug addiction
Mosque Gives Hope to Drug AddictsOnislam.net
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Twitter Addiction — Progressing on to Harder Social Media “Drugs” – Huffington Post (Blog)

Drug Addiction Stories: Twitter Addiction — Progressing on to Harder Social Media “Drugs” – Huffington Post (blog)

Twitter Addiction — Progressing on to Harder Social Media "Drugs"
Huffington Post (blog)
Mastering LinkedIn will lead to Twitter addiction. Let's look at how easy that progression to the "harder stuff" might be. Twitter's user interface looks very much like the old AP/UPI newswire with a variety of real-time news feeds displaying stories

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Drug Addiction Stories: Lawmakers introduce bill to lessen penalties for drug users – Fox 31 KDVR.com


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Lawmakers introduce bill to lessen penalties for drug users
Fox 31 KDVR.com
One of those four lawmakers sponsoring Senate Bill 163 brings a personal story of how his family has been affected by addiction. “My younger brother has been a meth addict for nearly a decade,” said Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, during a press

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Drug Addiction Causes: Side Effects of Bath Salt Drugs Result in More Poison Control Center Calls – newjerseynewsroom.com

Drug Addiction Causes: Side effects of bath salt drugs result in more poison control center calls – newjerseynewsroom.com

Side effects of bath salt drugs result in more poison control center calls
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BY CHRISTINE SAVOIA A dangerous new type of drug is growing in popularity; dubbed “bath salts” these chemical concoctions are mixtures that promise the effects of not one, but two, highly addictive and already dangerous drugs.

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Drug Addiction Causes: Soul-Talk: You Don’t Have to Be an Addict to Recover – Huffington Post

Soul-Talk: You Don't Have to Be an Addict to Recover
Huffington Post
Do you know anyone suffering from some kind of addiction or addictive behavior? While most of us think about addiction in the more common uses of the term, such as alcohol or drug addiction, people can also become addicted to emotional patterns,

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Community Series: Alcohol, Drugs Are Viewed as Primary Causes of Ills of Society – Aiken Standard

Drug Addiction Causes: Community series: Alcohol, drugs are viewed as primary causes of ills of society – Aiken Standard

Community series: Alcohol, drugs are viewed as primary causes of ills of society
Aiken Standard
Families and communities demand that the addicted person "fix" themselves, and most try hard every day. The mission of organizations such as the one I manage – the Aiken Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Services – is to assist addicted persons in

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Drug Addiction Causes: Prescription-drug overdoses are major killer in Oklahoma – Tulsa World

Prescription-drug overdoses are major killer in Oklahoma
Tulsa World
By WARREN VIETH Oklahoma Watch The project reporting on addiction seeks to undercover reasons leading to Oklahoma's top ranking in prescription drug abuse and high use of other substances, current efforts to address the problem and possible solutions.
State of Addiction: Oklahoma ranked No. 1 state in prescription painkiller abuseNewsOK.com

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