Counsellors tell legal high users to smoke real thing
Most people seeking help had used cannabis but switched to synthetics most probably because they were legal and could not be detected in work-place drug tests. BOP Addiction Services and Te Puna Hauora did not respond to Bay of Plenty Times …
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Is harm reduction the best way to fight addiction?
The Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says selling "drug paraphernalia" doesn't fit with the Conservative's approach to fighting addiction. We'll hear from two people involved in drug counselling and addiction reduction policy, with two very …
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Chronicle Book Review: Meth Mania
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the number of people using heroin on a regular is one-tenth of one percent of the population 12 and over. That number stayed stable from 2010 to 2012, the last year available … There's nothing …
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Law Day: Claymont seniors see justice system in action
She described how the three cases that students had just seen all began their criminal careers with marijuana, then alcohol, prescription drug abuse, and finally, either cocaine or heroin. “When I first came here,” she said, “we saw mostly forged …
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Chris Brown facing m civil lawsuit from photobombing fan
The star voluntarily checked himself into a rehab facility in Malibu, California following the altercation last year, but he was told to leave after throwing a rock through is mother Joyce's car window. The R&B singer was then ordered to seek anger …
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Ralph Waite: Craggy character actor much more than a 'Walton'
He was at various times a Marine, a social worker, an ordained Presbyterian minister, a book editor and a three-time Democratic candidate for Congress from California. As an actor, he ranged from Shakespeare to Beckett and from Broadway … In Los …
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Kato Cooks: His truth behind the Black Panther Party (Exclusive Interview)
Kato Cooks: One of my friends from the Panther underground, Dale Rascoe, is writing a book, Guerilla Girl, about the treatment of women in the Party. I defer to her on the first-person details. I never witnessed the mistreatment but heard about it from …
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Attorney for Amanda Bynes says that the once-troubled star is doing fine on …
But after a stint in rehab and enrolling herself back into school, it seems like Amanda Bynes may finally be on the right track. The 27-year-old star's attorney Bob Wilson told People on Thursday that the star has been recovering well after treatment …
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'9 Percent of Those Who Use Cannabis Become Dependent' Is Based on Drug …
By "they" he is likely referring to the establishment, headed up by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the federal drug abuse research institute, and related federal agencies. This figure for cannabis dependence prevalence has been around for …
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Carol Costa: Facing Down the Opioid Abuse Monster
The monster is drug and opioid abuse. But how? Education, policy, advocacy or everything we can muster? Opioids are a class of drugs designed to relieve pain. Remember, pain comes in many forms. According to a study by the National Institute on Drug …
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Coalition had many supporters in teaching dangers of drug use
National Drug Facts Week is a weeklong health observance, organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and for the past four years, our coalition has brought NDFW activities to Galveston County. kAmv2=G6DE@? r@F?EJ r@>>F?:EJ r@2=:E:@?
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Argyle Police Blotter
Police responded to a rehabilitation center after an employee said an intoxicated patient was acting in a threatening manner and it appeared that he was about to hit another patient and a staff member. A motorist on I-35W reported that someone dropped …
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Religious Services 2-21-14
The Christian Recovery Fellowship meets from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, while renovations continue at the Salvation Army in Hyannis. Faith Baptist Church. The Rev. John L. Kerns welcomes you to Faith Baptist Church, 251B Osterville/West …
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Marijuana sales in Washington expected to generate millions in fees and taxes
However, Hickenlooper's proposal outlined plans to spend about $ 99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 10 percent sales tax on recreation pot …
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In our opinion: Marijuana is still dangerous
And buried on the website of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy is this statement by an office deputy director and the president of the National Association for School Nurses: “There is grave concern that marijuana use, given its …
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Marijuana Decriminalization Sends a Better Message Than the Drug War
A 2002 study by Harvard economics professor Jeffrey Miron concluded that the "evidence provides no indication that decriminalization leads to a measurable increase in marijuana use." In the 14 years since Portugal decriminalized the possession of all …
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