First Narconon Cannabis Abuse Prevention Guide Takes Aim at Drug Abuse …
Now, Narconon International announces that it has released its first guide to help Italian speakers reverse growing trends in cannabis abuse. Surveys published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction show that among Italian youth …
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'There is hope for drug addiction'
June 11, 2013 · Mike Thomas, a former addict, tells his story to let others know there is hope to get out of addiction. A documentary about prescription drug abuse in a small town in Wyoming County is expected to be available to the public on July 1 …
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Narconon Arrowhead Helps Teen Through Drug Education Community Outreach
There is hope,” says Niko Bain, drug prevention lecturer at Narconon Arrowhead. Canadian, Oklahoma (PRWEB) May 28, 2013. Teen drug abuse rates have skyrocketed across the United States leaving nothing in their path of destruction. The issue has been …
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Narconon Survey Confirms Pervasive Prescription Drug Abuse by Young …
An overwhelming 89% of young adults who were admitted to this rehab reported prescription drug abuse and addiction – usually years of this addictive habit. These admissions were part of a larger tabulation of the drug abuse history of treatment admissions.
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Review on new, hazardous drugs of abuse presented in Journal of Addiction …
The last few years have seen the emergence of a new drug problem in so-called "bath salts"-actually "designer stimulants," packaged and sold in ways that skirt drug laws. A review and update on these designer drugs is presented in the June Journal of …
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Treating addicts with medicine, respect
Maine has the highest addiction rate per capita, according to the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, and more people died from prescription drug overdoses than car crashes in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Yet, even though the American Society for Addictive …
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Drogadicto – Drug Addict

Image by Bill Anderson 🙂
A cab driver took us on a tour of one of Cali’s roughest districts where I was fortunate enough to have this fellow stop and let me photograph him. This area looks like a war zone complete with police bunkers and large pot holes everywhere!

A lot of drug addicts use basuco which is the deadliest illegal drug ever invented, it can destroy the life of a youngster in less than two years. Basuco is the bagasse or residue left after extracting cocaine base.

Basuco contains sodium hydroxide, a strong caustic which destroys skin and mucous tissues; it also contains petroleum residues such as red gasoline blends with xylene and toluene, that destroy liver ; white cement, insecticides with high levels of arsenic affecting gastric and respiratory mucosal; solvents such as acetone and others, sulfuric acid, which destroys any organic tissue, benzoic acid, amphetamine, lidocaine, caustic soda, herbicides, crushed brick, lead, potassium permanganate, chloride and others. Basuco is the dirtiest psychoactive substance that runs in Colombia and the chemicals used for its manufacture are of very poor quality.

City sees number of registered drug addicts jump 10% in 2012
The number of registered drug addicts in Shanghai increased by 10 percent in 2012 to 67,000, with 42.7 percent of them below the age of 35, local media reported Monday. The number of young drug addicts fell by 2.5 percent from 2011, even though the …
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Staten Island prescription drug addicts resort to painkiller 'road trips'
Law enforcement sources here say that as the borough's prescription drug abuse epidemic gets more and more public attention addicts and criminals are discovering it increasingly difficult to get doctors here to write new prescriptions for oxycodone, or …
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Detox Afghan – style : Drug addicts chained up at shrine for 40 DAYS in bid to …
The men pictured imprisoned in squalid conditions are there in a bid to cure mental illness, drug addiction, or are there because they are suspected of being possessed by evil spirits. Mohammad Ali 36, a drug addict, is chained to a wall during his 40 …
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Drug addicts on prowl
A housewife of Nagamma Vari Street said, “We are in fear as drunkards and drug addicts threaten us for objecting to their activities”. The unnamed road is not recognised since many years and after several complaints, officials installed a streetlight …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman treated for drug abuse
Just yesterday, we reported that Rick Schroder felt sorry for Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan because of all their substance abuse problems and the fact that it looked like no one around them seemed to care or want to help. It looks like Lohan's parents …
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Prescription drug abuse: Investigating 'pill doctors'
The drug landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years and law enforcement agencies now find themselves battling the legal system. Prescription drug abuse — the intentional use of medication without a prescription or taken in a way other than as …
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Addiction and Drug Abuse: Study Drug Adderall Abuse Spikes During Finals
Recovery Associates is a drug and alcohol treatment center that provides a variety of programs and services for men, women and teens struggling with chemical dependency issues. At the core of their philosophy is the belief that addiction is a treatable …
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No. of Ky babies born addicted to drugs increases
But David Hopkins, program manager of the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting program, or KASPER, said the prescription drug abuse law passed last year by the General Assembly is starting to make a difference, which could reduce …
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Feedback from social networks can help fight drug addiction
In 2007, Moss, after 27 years of addiction decided to commit to a program called Casa Vida located in 3501 Hueco Avenue here in El Paso. Prior to her commitment she also tried psychiatry and was centered to S.A.F.P., which stands for Substance Abuse …
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Drug abuse becomes prevalent in Hue
The drug addicts in Hue now include many who have flocked to the city from other localities, and these addicts have lured many locals into abusing or trading drugs, Son said. This year, police will mobilize to detect drug addicts and crack down on …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions
PBS NewsHour recently aired a report on prescription drug abuse that led viewers to ask many questions. We asked the CDC to answer them, below. One in 20 people in the United States say they've used prescription painkillers for non-medical reasons in …
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Lyons: Drug courts offer sober approach to drug abuse
Drug addiction is a major societal problem with an annual treatment cost of $ 193 billion each year in crime, lost productivity and health-care costs, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. … There's one reason for the growth: Drug courts …
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