A span of emotion and notes of grace between the gavels
Oh yeah, in the '60s, my parents were terribly afraid of the burgeoning phenomenon of recreational drugs. I remember stories of … Question: In the United States, what is the most common treatment modality for the mentally ill and for drug addicts …
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Norwin parents get update on drug problem
“The worst part is when we have to walk up on someone's porch, see the light come on and tell parents like yourselves that your son or daughter died.” Bacha, along with a doctor, detectives, drug counselors and a recovering addict, spoke to parents …
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Looking for support group for help? There are plenty in the local region
ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP MEETING: Family Life Center at Higher Ground Baptist Church, Room 217, first Tuesday of the month, Virtual Dementia tour with Sharon Durnin from Preston Place, 10 a.m. Support group designed to help those who care for loved …
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Question by shining girl: Is alcohol or weed worse for you?
I’ve always wondered if one is worse than the other for your health and if so why?

Best answer:

Answer by D
booze kills your liver weed just makes you high

Answer by Steven G
Alcohol can cause liver failure, heart problems, and if drink too much can kill you. Marijuana, or weed is a gateway drug. Once your body gets use to the high, it needs more, then you could go to other drugs that could kill you. But, I would say Alcohol is worse, even though drinking moderately can actually help prevent heart disease.

Possible treatment for marijuana abuse found
Previous attempts to find a treatment for marijuana addiction showed that blocking receptors in the VTA and the nucleus accumbens prevented the surge in dopamine, but those treatments caused side effects. The researchers speculated that kynurenic acid …
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Targeting cannabis reward-effect could help treat addiction
A new drug that targets the rewarding effects of cannabis could help some to overcome their addiction. If promise becomes a reality after clinical trials, it could join medications that are used in the treatment of other substance use disorders, such …
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Premature claims of a cannabis addiction 'cure'
“Have scientists found a 'cure' for marijuana addiction? New treatment blocks the kick that users get from the drug,” reports the Mail Online. Based on the evidence presented in the study, which involved animals, the answer to the Mail's question is …
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Compulsory drug tests violate basic human rights, doctors' group says
He said that while it was impossible to eliminate drug abuse, motivational counselling was the best way to reduce it. Dr Cheng Chi-man, chairman of the association's beat drugs action committee and an expert in youth drug abuse, said forcing people to …
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We know how to help the needy, but who's listening?
A serious car accident at the age of 17 left him with lasting psychological scars including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, which made him turn increasingly to drugs and alcohol to numb himself. He spent 30 years in and out of …
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Question by IJOKETOO MUCH: Why do so many african Americans have aids?
Why is it that african Americans have such a high ratio aids in their culture?

Best answer:

Answer by makalas_mommy
Aids is high in poorer neighborhoods, because of a lack of education. If noone tells them to use a condom or provides them with some they’ll continue to pass it around. Also there’s no way for them to get regular HIV tests so that they even know they have the virus.

Answer by mnvikes
theyre poor in general and poor people tend to be less educated about safe sex and have more sex partners which means it spreads faster

Tunisian police accused of torture
Faouzia is convinced the police killed her son, and she said it was not the first time her family or the poor people of the neighborhood suffered from abuse at the hands of authorities. She spoke in a shaky, … disfigurement. "Naturally, the pictures …
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Veterans Day: Remember them
“And veterans who are still dying here at home from drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide from depression caused by PTSD, unemployment and homelessness. And I ask myself: How could the people who lied to us look in the mirror? How can the people who lied …
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Defendant blames alcohol, drug use
… him to drug and alcohol abuse. “I'm convinced it altered my way of thinking and morality. … I'm ashamed,” he said, adding he had “much remorse” for his actions. The charges stemmed from a search of Ball's computer after his roommate showed the …
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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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Center offers hope to addicted women
Parenting education is just one part of the programming at the Women's Treatment Center, which specializes in drug detox and rehabilitation. "The parenting piece is pivotal," said Linda Maranda, the center's new executive director and former board member.
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Rob Ford and the realities of rehab redemption
But he claims abstinence-based treatment can have great success: 71 per cent of people in his program, which involves residential stay (the Ontario government funds 21 days) plus a 15-week out-patient program, are clean and sober two years later …
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