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Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?

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The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not it may be time to get help. … im 27,i had a problem with drugs,from age 12-25.ive taken just about everything apart from heroin and crack.my cousin died of an overdose.she was … Read more on About – News & Issues

 

Feds Seize Million Of Cocaine Near Puerto Rico

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Why Are the Drugs………?

Question by Frickin AWESOME: Why are the drugs………?
That are scheduled, in such an odd order. LSD,weed,DMT, and others are schedule 1. Coke is schedule 2.. and some how xanax is schedule 4????

Best answer:

Answer by Wade H
Drugs are “scheduled” according to “potential for abuse”. The lower the schedule number the more likely a drug has been determined to be problematic. In the case of schedule I drugs there is no federal provision for any medical use or proscription.

Is Stop-and-Frisk Worth It?

Is Stop-and-Frisk Worth It?

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As Great Society ideals faded, the main crime-control policy the nation could muster was to lock up more lawbreakers and keep them away for longer. More reactive criminology. related story ….. They need “specific and articulable facts” and “rational … Read more on The Atlantic

 

Former Drug Offender Acquitted In Iowa Voter Fraud Case

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OD vs. Substance Abuse?

Question by Gracyn: OD vs. Substance Abuse?
Does one overdose qualify as “substance abuse”? Would the hospital see it that way? Would the patient be turned down for ‘treatments’ such as dialysis?

Thank you. (I know dialysis isn’t a treatment)

Best answer:

Answer by boo ?
Well when you abuse a substance, that means you’re not using it the way it is ment to be used (i.e. taking too much, addiction to it, etc..) Hospitals usually put an overdose with an attempted suicide if that was the intention of the overdose, but the individual will usually go through close evaluatation(s) first. When you hear the term ‘Substance Abuse’ most think of individuals who have been using illegal drugs (such as crack cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana etc..) However, that’s not always the case..

Mayor Rob Ford Stays Mum About Latest Video to Emerge Online

Mayor Rob Ford Stays Mum About Latest Video To Emerge Online

Filed under: Signs Of Crack Cocaine Use

Mayor Ford said Toronto's City Council had no business stripping him of most of his powers over his admitted crack cocaine use and heaving drinking, implying in a television interview aired Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, that many councilors are no different … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

 

Guns, drugs found in SWAT raid on house

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Olivia Chow Smoked Pot 'a Little Bit' as School-Board Trustee

Olivia Chow Smoked Pot 'A Little Bit' As School-Board Trustee

Filed under: Faces Of Crack Cocaine Photos

One of the candidates Chow faces in the mayoral race is Rob Ford, the incumbent who became infamous around the world after he admitted to smoking crack cocaine. Chow says she … the workplace. Photo by Louie Palu/The Globe and Mail March 30, 2005 … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

 

'Violent' psychopath gets break

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Boyfriend Charged in Suspected Drug Death

Boyfriend charged in suspected drug death

Filed under: help for cocaine addiction

MANKATO — A girl who died after ingesting what investigators suspect was a synthetic form of LSD or cocaine was showing signs of an overdose hours before anyone called for help, according to a complaint charging her boyfriend with selling the drugs to … Read more on Mankato Free Press

 


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Oregon Should Regulate Pot Like Other Vices

Oregon should regulate pot like other vices

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But it is a gateway drug, you say? It's hard to find hard drug users who don't consume alcohol as well. Several studies have found that the use of any drug by young people, including cigarettes and alcohol, is an early warning sign. Medical marijuana … Read more on Statesman Journal

 

Colts owner Jim Irsay has double image in media

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Chelsea Schobert Cooperates With Investigators in Drug Case

Chelsea Schobert cooperates with investigators in drug case

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Chelsea Schobert, 19, appears before Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Christine Croce for a pretrial hearing on her two felony drug charges of possessing cocaine and trafficking cocaine Tuesday in Akron. Schobert's former boyfriend Shawn … Read more on Akron Beacon Journal

 

Americans Spent About A Trillion Dollars On Illegal Drugs In The Last Decade

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SEC Football: Don't Expect a Conference-Wide Drug Policy Anytime Soon

SEC Football: Don't Expect a Conference-Wide Drug Policy Anytime Soon

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16. Comments. One of the hot-button topics last offseason during the SEC's spring meetings was the possibility of the conference implementing a conference-wide substance abuse policy. … All quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted … Read more on Bleacher Report

 

The alcohol industry and public health: How the battle lines were drawn

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