Colo. Teen Addiction Centers Gear Up for Legal Pot
Dr. Christian Thurstone, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado and the head of the teen rehab center Adolescent STEP: Substance Abuse Treatment Education & Prevention Program, said 95 percent of patient referrals to the program are …
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'He's going to be better than he was before'
"There is no known solution, there's no known drug, there's nothing that we have really to offer these sorts of patients," said Bailes, co-director of NorthShore Neurological Institute in Evanston, Illinois, during a previous interview with CNN. The …
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Sundance Review: Heartbreaking 'Web Junkie' A Look At The Chinese Health …
A few moments later, on-screen text reveals that China is the first country in the world to recognize Internet addiction as a national health crisis, with the government setting up more than 400 “rehabilitation camps” for Chinese youth. This is one …
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Anti Drug Group to Toms River: Heroin Epidemic Can No Longer Be Ignore
TOMS RIVER-Michael DeLeon, president of Steered Straight, an anti-drug organization focused on sending speakers with personal and often tragic experience with drug addiction an gang violence all over New Jersey to speak to teens, gave a presentation …
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Jazz Musician Herb Alpert's Art Encore
“I think painting is a bit like jazz,” Alpert said in his 2002 documentary Music for Your Eyes. “When you play jazz, you're playing your own life—playing your experiences … things that have …… The first son, Jerry Lee Jr., grew to be nineteen, to …
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Ocean Breeze Recovery Launches New Website
Ocean Breeze Recovery is a drug and alcohol rehab center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. The treatment center offers residential therapy, outpatient treatment, and long term rehab options. OBR therapists use different methods for treatment, and …
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NJ drug court admissions increase
To accommodate the increased demand, the state has been reaching out to inpatient treatment providers about expanding their operations and is looking at new providers, Venditto said. With a limited capacity among providers, some defendants now may …
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State lawmakers to vote on bills to help drug addicts
MADISON — The Wisconsin State Assembly is expected to vote on a set of bills designed to help drug addicts who overdose. One bill would allow first responders to administer narcan, a drug that counteracts opioid overdoses. Another bill in this package …
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In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse
“In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us,” he said. He said he wanted to reframe the public debate to encourage officials to respond to addiction as a chronic disease, with treatment and support, rather than with …
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Question by That One Girl: What do you think of the article “A budget cure: Marijuana taxes?”?
Agree or disagree? Thoughts?

The article talks about how much money the government is using to stop marijuana and how much they are missing out on by not taxing medical marijuana. It also covers the pro’s and con’s.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/a-budget-cure-marijuana-taxes.aspx#pageTopAnchor
I posted this before, but wanted to get different opinions.

Best answer:

Answer by Invisible
Never going to happen save your breath.

Answer by Charlie K
Realistically, nothing much will change regarding marijuana laws under Obama. It’s more of a state issue anyway. But Obama has larger problems and higher priorities right now.

Police, Nacada Partner to Rid Region of Drug Abuse
NYANZA regional coordinator Francis Mutie has directed the police to firmly deal with drug peddlers in the area. Mutie said officers manning the borders need to be vigilant, pointing out that drug abuse trends in the region are worrying. The order …
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Heroin's hook in NH
The highly addictive narcotic is a drug of last resort for addicts who can never be sure of its potency or purity, but either graduated to it after abusing other street drugs or turned to it as a cheap alternative to prescription painkillers they no …
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Documentary about game addiction premiers at Sundance Film Festival
The story wasn't reported on much in the United States since it broke in 2010, but the couple received a reduced sentence after the court recognized their addiction as a mental disorder. The filmmakers … It was fear that [drove] these news stories …
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Question by Zach: how do you use Total Eclipse Rely Detox to pass a urine test?
I bought total eclipse rely detox from GNC but it doesnt have directions on how to pass a urine test. and does it really work?

Best answer:

Answer by Gary Y
Nup. You can’t “detox” faster than by you body’s own natural methods. “Detox” is one of the biggest scams out there. It has no meaning outside of the clinical treatment for drug addiction or poisoning.

http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/14/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification