Question by TinkerBellChick: What are some statistical facts about drug addiction and how it affects society?

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Answer by thewildeman2
This site seems to have some good info:

http://www.nicd.us/adaskresourcespartfive.html

Good luck.

Answer by Kaelie H
well it can kill or damage someonespersonality or that persons life now and there future

so dont do them

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Question by candigal: What comes to mind when you think of a “drug addict”?
Are “drug addicts ” bad people? Is drug use a choice? What is the eccomomic status of most people who use drug? What are some of the names people have for drug addicts? Do you think treatment works? How are “addicts” different then “non-addicts”? This is for an essay I am writing. Thanks for your help. Also do you think that there is a certain eithnic group that has a higher rate of substance abuse?

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Answer by Hell’s Own Harlot
Drug addicts are not necessarily bad people. They lack self control and are under a notion that what they want must be gratified RIGHT NOW. They lack any type of concern for how their behavior effects others and personally, I consider it a slow suicide. Treatment only works if you want it to. You have to be motivated and most drug users aren’t. There are not any particular ethnic groups that are more prone to use than any other. You have losers in every race of people.

Answer by mhjd3
Some addicts may be bad, others good [ my opinion ]

I also think drugs are a choice. I’ve heard some cancer patients have marijuana to lighten their pain.

I know someone that does weed on a regular basis. He said it’s a Jamacian tradition. I’m not sure of that. And he’s only 12, which shocks me.

Sorry, I can’t help with the other questions.
Good luck. :]

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Help for Russia's drug addicts
Andrei, a former drug addict who cooks for the rest of the patients in treatment for drug addiction at City Without Drugs, works in the kitchen in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Oct. 16, 2013. Nine boys, many of whom were either experimenting with drugs or had …
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Dogs in Berlin are overdosing on drug addicts' feces
Berlin's dogs are being poisoned by the feces of drug addicts, according to a report from Germany's Tagesspiegel newspaper. Veterinarians tell the paper they've seen increased poisoning cases involving dogs that had eaten human waste, with many …
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Series of talks tackle drug addiction
Knowing the damage that alcohol and drug abuse can do to families isn't usually enough to push someone to seek treatment for his or her condition, said Laurie Blanchard, community behavioral health liaison at North Central Health Care in Wausau.
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Question by Chantell L: What are some songs that are about drug addiction that have intense lyrics?
I’m doing an english essay and i have to have three sets of lyrics about drug addiction that i can write about. It would be great if there were some from different points of view, like some one who wants to stop, a mother or friend watching whats happening or some one who likes the thrills and thinks it’s a good thing etc….Thanks if you can help me out 🙂

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Answer by Bud Light Girl
Cocaine by Eric Clapton.

Answer by Paul M
Cold Turkey – John Lennon
The Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve

Russell Gill who shot man on his doorstep with a crossbow jailed for life
After his arrest, he told police Mr Farnham was a bully and 'out to get him' over a £6,000 pounds drug debt he owed to him because of his addiction to amphetamine. Gill had told someone earlier that night that he 'would get to him first' and had …
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Adderall Addiction: Lessons from a Son's Suicide
"And depending on the doctor it might be 15 minutes or 45 minutes at the most, and you walk out with a diagnosis and a prescription." Adderall is a Class 2 Narcotic, an amphetamine similar to cocaine. It can be very addictive. Dr. Lefever Watson said …
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Jury finds Michael Hamilton guilty of first-degree murder, rejects insanity …
Jurors rejected the defense contention Hamilton was involuntarily intoxicated by Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed to him to treat his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The side effects … Him, the self-confessed addict,” Rezmierski said …
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Question by AverageJoe: Tell me your opinion about the following: Prostitute, Porn Star, Stripper, Swinger,Promiscuous one,porn addict

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Answer by ramblin’ robert
“Whatever gets you through the night, it’s alright, it’s alright”
J. Lennon

Answer by mzthang
They all live in my neighborhood and they are very decent citizens.

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CHANGING LIVES: Young Phildjon Heurea is turning his life around with the …
"Apart from that I've never had much support." Phildjon's parents have also struggled to deal with his behaviour throughout his life, … He was an alcoholic, a drug addict. He knows what things are really like." They've only been meeting for a few …
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Russia's Heroin Habit
To support his habit, Igor learned to steal. He lost his childhood friends. He spent three years in jail. He developed trails of scabby abscesses on his inner thigh. … It is part of a subculture of drug use that claims an estimated 100,000 lives a …
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Question by Jenifer: Why does insurance cover so little days for drug rehab?
My husband was just admitted to Sunrise House in Lafayette,Nj. This is his first time in rehab. It is a 28 days program but the people who work there tell me we will get lucky if they let him stay for 10 days. Why do they do this?
ok, honeslty, everyone is being a little judgmental. Addiction is a disease and people need help for it. I was just wondering if any has been in a simular situation and could give me any insight.

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Answer by pixelpops
Because drug addiction is not a MEDICAL issue, like having cancer or a back injury.

@Takikio – anyone who doesn’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re” is the real moron.
There’s an edit button, you stupid b*tch – which you obviously used, to look less like an idiot.

Answer by Derek Bell
Its a dumb ass policy. Common sense i think. Why insure someone trying to kill their selves.

Listen takito burrito, inhaling a subbstance that makes you feel the need for more of it is NOT a MEDICAL ISSUE. Its someone being a complete dumb ass and expects everyone else to feel sorry for him and fix it for him.

He needs to take responsibility for his actions and quit trying to scam insurance companies.