Some Maryland officials dodge questions on marijuana use
Mizeur, a Democrat who represents Montgomery County in the state House of Delegates and champions marijuana legalization, grew up in a tiny Illinois farm town during the era of Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E. She says she had a negative …
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Substance Abuse Officials: Medical Marijuana Will Mean More Pot Use By Kids
Substance-abuse professionals cautioned Monday that the state's medical marijuana program could lead to more young people using the drug. "There's no question that youths are going to be using medical marijuana," said John Daviau, president of the …
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Lawmakers Push Obama to Soften Marijuana Rules
Read Later. Send to Kindle. Marijuana is broken up for use by customers at Frankie Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia. Nick Adams / REUTERS. Marijuana is broken up for use by customers at Frankie Sports Bar and Grill in Olympia, Washington, on Dec. 9, 2012.
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Bay Area Recovery Announce New Alcohol Rehab Services
There are five Bay Area Recovery Center locations throughout the state to serve the needs of patients and to ensure convenient access to therapy and rehab services are available. Alcoholism is a type of addictive behavior, and it can be difficult for …
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Tragic Philip Seymour Hoffman's diary tells of secret love triangle before his …
Hollywood star Philip Seymour Hoffman's secret diary shows he went “stark raving mad” in the run-up to his death from a drugs overdose. By Matthew Young/ Published 13th February 2014 … Hoffman, 46, admitted his heroin addiction and his scribblings …
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PIFF 2014: Shovel-Ready
Hallucinogenic musings arrive devoid of grooviness or depth, replaced by flat moral judgments on youth culture, celebrity obsession and prescription drug addiction. KRISTI MITSUDA. C21, noon Friday, Feb. 14. The Golden Dream. Critic's Grade: B [MEXICO] …
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For Maine babies exposed to drugs, disadvantages mount after leaving hospital
After enduring withdrawal symptoms that leave hundreds of Maine babies hospitalized during their first weeks of life, the infants often return to homes stricken by poverty and parents unprepared to care for them. While scientists … Babies born to …
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An Apex teen dies of an overdose of synthetic LSD
The group is like a family, and Timmy is the lynchpin. Timmy, the guy with the wide smile and … The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers synthetics like N-bomb and Molly to be the new frontier of drug abuse. Because manufacturers can tweak …
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Uptick in heroin, prescription narcotic use worries local officials
In 2008, 42 people seeking treatment for heroin addiction were seen. That number increased to 78 in 2009 and … Some of the people treated start off stealing pills from family members, while others receive prescriptions while recovering from surgery …
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Doctor Spared Jail Time
His client was "unable to cope with the reality of treating people with addiction," Dow told the court, and "did not keep his head in the game, to be quite honest." In addition to Houghton's family support, the judge cited his lack of criminal history …
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Phoenix man recovering from heroin addiction, sibling still struggling
Editor's note: Part two of a two-part story on heroin addiction and its affects on one Valley family. Part one ran Monday. … His dad Mike (not his real name) would also like to give that same support to Alex's stepsister, if he can find her. Alex …
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Question by dc w: Ways to convince my parents not to send me into rehab?
Im 19 y/o I have a job, in college and have my own car that I bought with my own money, some of my friends smoke pot and often when I am around them they offer me hits for free. I almost never buy my own and never bring the stuff home or come home high out of respect for my parents and there house. My mom has been suspecting that I smoked for awhile and straight out asked me today. I told her the truth that I sometimes smoke and that its not a big deal she freaked out and basically told me im going to be kicked out if I don’t go to rehab right away. I see no reason for this, I am not addicted and it changes my life in no way. Can anyone give me some tips for calming her down? Thanks

P.S. please don’t call me an idiot or tell me im going to die from smoking pot, that’s simply not true and if you think that please do your research.

Best answer:

Answer by Jackie Chan
This is HILARIOUS. No seriously, go to rehab, it’s FUN!

Answer by happy4u
That sounds pretty difficult. It looks like her mind is made up. I don’t know what to tell you….

Selena Gomez opens up after rumored alcohol rehab: I did the best I could
Selena's reps denied the singer was treated for alcohol or drug addiction, but numerous reports claimed the brunette beauty had developed a dependence on alcohol, weed and had suffered an emotional breakdown after her break-up from Justin Bieber.
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More than 500 drug addicts recover from Dubai rehabilitation programme
The number of drug addicts who have voluntary entered treatment over the past three years is 61. Sixteen were referred to the National Rehabilitation Centre for treatment and the rest were treated at the Centre of Hope. Twenty recovering addicts …
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