Vt. officials mark new addiction treatment center
The center is the fourth of five regional treatment centers that will make up a system of care called the Care Alliance for Opioid Addiction, a statewide partnership of treatment centers and clinicians to provide medication-assisted therapy for …
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Gender-Specific Residential Addiction Treatment Program for Women Opens at …
Right Step, a network of inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment programs in Texas, recently opened a 28-bed residential drug rehab for women ages 18 and over at its Dallas-Fort Worth treatment center. This program features: Individualized …
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Question by Lauren Luxe: What is your opinion on medical marijuana?
Do you believe it is helpful or destructive? Do you think it is beneficial or dangerous? Do you think it helps solve more problems than it creatives? Do you think it actually destroys white matter in your brain? Do you believe that brain cells are not capable of producing more brain cells?

There are many different views on the issue regarding medical grade marijuana.
A lot of published online reports contain falsified information to persuade people in order to create this idea that may not necessarily be true.

In your opinion, what is the best way to legalize marijuana?

And on that topic, what do you think will happen to all the other “addicts” who wish to legalize their own “drug of choice.”

In the wise words of Bob Marley, “Smoke the herb and it reveals yourself to you.” Do you think that is true?

In the words written in some texts, people believe that every plant, every animal, every living thing, somebody saw all of the uses for them and saw that it was “GOOD.”

What is your stance on this argument?
Please include supporting information and trustworthy sources. Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by Boiled Angel
I believe it’s helpful, I believe it’s beneficial, I think it will solve problems, and I do not believe it destroys brain matter and the brain is capable of producing more brain cells.

I think the best way to legalize it is to market it and tax it. It will generate so much profit that it will pay for some of our debt. We will also save money from having to convict those who are charged with crimes involving it. Putting someone in prison is expensive!

I do believe Bob Marley’s words are true. From my experience with the stuff, I have found out many things about myself that I wouldn’t have realized otherwise.

I’m not saying Marijuana is the best thing in the world that will solve all of our problems, I just think it’s ridiculous that it’s illegal. It makes no sense. Well, it actually does make sense because there are a lot of greedy rich bastards out there who would fall if it became legal.

Answer by Mrs. Eric Cartman
Looks like someone is doing a paper, haha. Visit cracked.com and read the arguments for and against pot. Do a search.

As for my opinion, I’m 100% for it. Prescription drugs are dangerous; pot is not. I’ve known two truly sick people who benefitted greatly from it. Cops never get called in for a domestic violence situation when it’s weed. It’s all drunks. Most of the dangerous stuff is legal. You can get it from ABC liquor or the doctor. Weed is harmless. If drugs were legal, it would destroy the illegal drug trade. The govt spends millions fighting the drug trade, and drugs are easier for minors to get than beer. People are dying over WEED. Going to jail over weed. The prison systems want to keep it illegal because they want money. They want to house people. It turns normal citizens into criminals and gets them in the system. It’s greedy and it’s irrational.

Dad's cocaine use may help protect son from addiction
A study of long-term heroin users' post-mortem brains, presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting Sunday, showed that opiate addiction had altered the way the DNA programmed the production of proteins in the brain's striatum – again, a part of …
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Drug Rehabilitation: Acceptance helps recovery from addiction
Aftercare is a crucial part of drug rehabilitation. Drug abuse treatment centers offer a wide range of programs to help people maintain their sobriety after rehab. Personalized aftercare programs help recovering addicts respond to stressful situations …
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Question by : Do you think Obama is plotting to infect the public with swine flu so he can kill the people at Fox News?
Sorry, just wanted to try being a right winger for a bit . . .

Best answer:

Answer by Russian ’12
The top 10 reasons NOT to be a Republican (who can help fill in the rest):

10.

9.

8.

7. “Needles are sharp 🙁 ”

6. “If anyone dies of the flu, it is god’s punishment. ”

5. “Rush told me that N11H is a hoax (and he’s THE ‘expert’) ! ”

4. “What do ‘scientists’ know ? ”

3. “Since I can’t actually ‘SEE’ the H1N1, it’s not REAL, right ? ” 🙂

2. “Don’t KILL it! It’s a LIVING thing! ”

1. “I can tell you from real-life experience that I didn’t PERSONALLY see it kill 50 million people in 1918, so what’s all the fuss ? “

Answer by Bee Bee
Yeah, he also spiking his kool-aid with it. he has too many of his own backing out on him. LOL

No One Brings Dinner When Your Daughter Is an Addict
Our family feasted for months on the lovingly prepared dishes brought by friends from work and church and the neighborhood: chicken breasts encrusted with parmesan, covered safely in tin foil; pots of thick soup with hearty bread; bubbling pans of …
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Learn to Cope, support organization for addicts and families, to open …
Chris Herren, a basketball legend from Fall River, Massachusetts, realized his dreams by playing for the Celtics in the NBA, only to lose it all to addiction. Here he talks at the Learn to Cope network that fights drug addiction held Wednesday at the …
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Heroin abuse top killer in Ore., rising among teens
… he was my best friend," Hurd said behind his tears, "Yep, can't replace him." Friends and families of people struggling with heroin addiction can find help through support groups, including Learn 2 Cope. More: Oregon Drug Treatment Providers …
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Question by saleh khalid: I need some ideas for a presentation?
I need to talk about “cell phone addiction” as a presentation in front of a class for at lease 7 minutes

Do you have any idea what to say?

Best answer:

Answer by Indiana Frenchman
couple of suggestions for you
first web page (below) provides: Top 10 Signs of Cell Phone Addiction

Forget fast food, video games and reality TV. The worst plague sweeping the world these days is smartphone addiction. You’ve seen the worst affected skittering in alleyways, awake in bed at night, and in movie theaters, with the glow of backlit LCDs lighting up their maniacal faces. They’re addicts. Any you may be one of them.

Think you it may be more than a slight affinity for texting? Here are the top ten signs you’re addicted to your smartphone.

see web page for the 10 starting at 10

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/top-10-signs-of-cell-phone-addiction/#ixzz2cSfKqFY3

second link provides: Eye-opening stats reveal the extent of our smartphone dependency…
the information has copyright protection so you have to go to the web page to review

Yarmouth police host substance abuse support group
The Yarmouth Police Department will host weekly meetings for family members of those dealing with substance abuse and addiction, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. The 90-minute meetings, run by the non-profit group Learn to Cope, are free and open …
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Former Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson speaks on the importance of losing
I had other guys, too, who were a support group, guys who could call you out, and that helps you avoid some of the major pitfalls." He's not surprised that younger players fall into bad situations such as drug use and drunk driving. Some lack a support …
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N.J. addicts suffer from shortage of drug treatment facilities
Three months after fleeing a Florida rehabilitation center, Amanda, a 24-year-old from Woodcliff Lake, was using heroin again. She stole her grandmother's credit card, bought thousands of dollars worth of electronics and sold them in Paterson for drugs.
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Loopholes closed that kept insured from mental health therapy
10 (UPI) — U.S. government agencies say they closed the loopholes that kept insured patients from being treated for mental illness or substance abuse. "This final rule breaks down barriers that stand in the way of treatment and recovery services for …
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Drug treatment sign-up uncertain
One of the provisions that the Affordable Care Act is set to provide is substance abuse treatment to millions of Americans who never had access to it before. The question now among many health care professionals is: Will those who need addiction …
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