Even casual marijuana use can alter the brain, new study shows
Animal studies that suggest when scientists give rats Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the mind-altering ingredient in marijuana, the rats' brain structures change and form many new connections. Scientists think that when users are developing addictions …
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Marijuana Is Less Addictive Than Chocolate
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Claiming that marijuana is less addictive than chocolate, Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery County), also a Pennsylvania congressional candidate, has met strong opposition from addiction and drug policy …
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Question by georgia t: I’m looking for a long term drug rehab. that takes children of drug users.?
in new york state

Best answer:

Answer by TweetyBird
Are the children also substance abusers???

You might want to check with your county mental health department or just run a search for “long-term drug rehab in New York”. I found several sites for private facilities. You will, too.

Answer by Cammie
The children of drug abusers do not need rehab.

Aldon Smith puts Jim Harbaugh's “above reproach” stance to the test
Last year, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh took notice of the rival Seahawks having players suspended for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy, and Harbaugh used the Seahawks' troubles as an opportunity to explain his own philosophy about …
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Aldon Smith released from custody after posting 000 bail
49ers CEO Jed York said last month that the team thought Smith was doing well after his rehab stint and that the team didn't want to “make it more stick than carrot” when it came to making sure he remained out of trouble in the future. The team said it …
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A Freewheeling Pursuit of Spontaneity on Film
Reviewing the film for The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis described it as “a profoundly awkward riff on dysfunction that's uneventful but not unrewarding,” adding, “It's the small moments that win you over.” Photo. Sheila Etxeberría and Ed Ryan in …
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Substance-abuse counsellor faces life in jail for driving drunk with dying man …
A substance-abuse counsellor who drove more than three kilometres through a Los Angeles suburb with a dying man on her windshield faces a maximum prison term of 45 years to life. A jury last month found Sherry Lynn Wilkins, 52, guilty of second-degree …
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Transforming lives by overcoming one addiction at a time
Because breaking the cycle of drug and alcohol addiction is bloody hard work. Every little bit counts. Even a … "I got myself cleaned up, re-educated myself with degrees in psychology and counselling , found God," she says. Tina then committed to …
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Archives: Inside Narconon's bizarre treatments
Perhaps the lowest point in David Love's "treatment" for drug addiction at Narconon Trois Rivières was the five-hour sauna on his 25th day of fivehour saunas. Being forced to yell at an ashtray for hours on end – "Stand up, ashtray!" "Thank you. … On …
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AA counsellor warns of Paphos drinking culture
Describing himself as a recovering alcohol and drug addict, he now spends his life helping others to cope with the disease. “Addiction is a disease; physical, spiritual and mental, but help is here for anyone who needs it.” The trained drug and alcohol …
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My Journey From Homeless Drug Addict To Magna Cum Laude
My parents had divorced, and I was living with my grandmother. We had a difficult relationship. I wasn't fitting in at school, and I was … At a 12-step meeting at the center one night, I heard a woman talk about an insatiable hunger she felt in the …
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Tori Spelling Breaks Silence on Dean McDermott's Affair: "He Was My Soul Mate …
The couple began filming just days after McDermott left rehab for sex addiction. "He was my soul mate, but … The actors—parents to sons Liam, 7, and Finn, 20 months, plus daughters Stella, 5, and Hattie, 2—met on the 2005 set of Lifetime movie Mind …
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Program on drug addiction is for parents and teens
Pascack Valley – The Hills/Valley Coalition is sponsoring a free program, Abuse in Our Backyard – The Face of Addiction: A Family Portrait" on Wednesday, April 23 at Pascack Valley High School, 200 Piermont Ave., Hillsdale. … take place on Thursday …
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Question by me: How come nicotine is not a schedule I substance?
Nicotine meets all the criteria for being a schedule substance:
– The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
-The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
– There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Why is it not a schedule I substance or a II-V substance?? Isn’t it the one of the most addictive substances…? Why is THC labeled as a hallucinogen?
4Get the THC stuff, I don’t know why I added it in.

Best answer:

Answer by Apocalypse Cow
Follow the $ – all those tobacco growers and cigarette makers make pretty good contributions to our lawmakers.

Answer by Mathieu
Firstly the American Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not define “abuse.”

From that alone it can be argued that nicotine does not fit criteria for abuse. Generally speaking to abuse something means to use it in a manner that is inappropriate (ie abusing a wife, husband, child). Thus a person taking prescription morphine would be “abusing” it by taking more than prescribed under that definition. However medically “substance abuse” is a diagnosis below addiction (technically known as “substance dependence” or “dependence syndrome”). The medical definition of abuse would not include taking two tablets of morphine- it only relates to potential problems that may arise from that (ie to have “abuse” there needs to be harm from the drug use).

However what would really support the idea of having nicotine under schedule I is that the DOJ/DEA has said, simply put, that if a substance is generally considered to have no medical use AND it is generally considered to have at least some abuse potential then it should be classified under schedule I.

That would also exclude putting nicotine anywhere except C-I without accepted medical use (FYI there are some limited but important medical uses in neurology/psychiatry).

Then again the CSA is intended to list the abuse risk and potential, not the dangerousness of a drug.

In the end the CSA was designed to meet the obligations under The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and The Convention on Psychotropic Substances. To a large extent it is hardly even American legislation, it is just international law ratified by Congress.

And nicotine (remember the CSA came into effect in 1970) is both in 1970 and 2010 would not be controlled because that is not really accepted. In the US currently about 1/4 of the population smokes (it was around 50% in the 70’s) and in some countries that number can be as high as 60% today. Politically the US is extraordinary divided- imagine the hell it would be for a politician to try to basically make all tobacco produces illegal. Not the mention the lobby groups, the job loss (both directly from production and the job loss from gas station and grocery stores resulting from a loss of income from cigarettes). And then the loss of tax money especially when cites, counties, states, and the federal government are broke. It would cause a loss of services and would be directly felt my everyone. Also it is very hard to get a drug under C-I and still comply with international law (like it or not there does have to be compliance). Rohypnol is, for example, not available for medical use in The US but it is schedule IV to comply with international law (Rohypnol is a benzodiazepine like Valium, which is a legal CIV drug. But Rohypnol is legal in most of the world). Even if The US did want to put nicotine under C-I then there would be issues of international law and many countries would never agree.

I know how stupid it is and how it looks like a good thing to do but that is life. Smoking is part of the culture- I have an occasional cigaret especially if a friend went to visit Iran or The Middle East and brought back some cigarettes (I think in The US getting things from Iran would be illegal). I also have an occasional Cuban cigar.

If you ask most experts they would admit that if alcohol or nicotine would be developed now they would be listed under C-I. Although unlike nicotine, alcohol meets the criteria as a true drug of abuse in every way. Although medically nicotine dependence (ie addiction) is a genuine diagnosis it is controversial and many symptoms and behaviours of addiction can’t be determined with nicotine because it is so readily available.

ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Proposed substance abuse treatment center would be a first in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – More West Virginians died as a result of substance abuse in 2013 than auto accidents. That doesn't come as a surprise to Jim Wilkerson. He's the development director of the T Center. Once it's built, it will be the first of its kind …
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Question by Tarık Oğuz Onur: what does “detox cold turkey” mean?

Best answer:

Answer by PQR Theorist
A cure for drug addiction where they suddenly stop all the drugs.

Answer by Pinyon
It means, to quit some substance (drugs, alcohol, etc.) without rehabilitation of any kind, but all by yourself. Just quit immediately and solo.