Substance Abuse

Science's Obsession: The Search for a “Smart Pill”

Science's obsession: The search for a “smart pill”

Filed under: what makes crack addictive

Even if currently available drugs carried no side effects, one question that students and others who use them never seem to entertain is whether they actually work — whether they truly make people smarter, better able to solve problems and remember … Read more on Salon

 

Obama Frees Crack Dealer Who Took 5-Year-Old Along to Sell Crack

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Global Drugs Abuse Testing Market Reseach- Global Industry Analysis, Size

Global Drugs Abuse Testing Market Reseach- Global Industry Analysis, Size

Filed under: drug abuse and health problems

In order to create a safe and productive work environment, various multinational companies now prefer to perform employee drug testing. This also helps to reduce crime associated with drug abuse, productivity loss, serious health problems and social … Read more on PR Web (press release)

 

ON THE INSIDE: Middlesex County sheriff faces challenges in running prisons

Filed under: drug abuse and health problems

Flint Woman Must Pay More Than $40000 in Restitution After Stealing From Mom

Flint woman must pay more than 000 in restitution after stealing from mom

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Symptoms Withdrwal

Pickell said Crang used the card to withdraw more than $ 40,000 from the accounts between Sept. 5, 2012, and Nov. 2, 2012. Hayman also … Troopers called in a K-9 officer that searched the vehicle and discovered a mirror with crack cocaine residue and … Read more on The Flint Journal – MLive.com

 

NAS: Rise in substance abuse during pregnancy

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Is It Easy to Find a Part Time Job in South Africa?

Question by Mohamed: is it easy to find a part time job in south africa?
i’m a student and my dad is support me financial and i want to find a second income stream

Best answer:

Answer by Simon
No, it is not easy to find a part-time job because South Africa has a VERY HIGH rate of unemployment therefore there are many candidates for every possible job, even the part-time ones.

Answer by dWali
No

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

 


Chris Brown Probation Revoked: Ordered to Continue Taking Psychotropic Drugs

Chris Brown probation revoked: Ordered to continue taking psychotropic drugs

Filed under: psychoactive substance abuse

According to CNN, Chris has an anger-management problem and drug-abuse issues, but recently his ability to emotionally regulate himself has shown a marked improvement. Brown is still on probation for his infamous beating of girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Read more on Examiner.com

 

Rise of Spice popularity in Dothan has police busy

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Concerned About My Sister Possibly Having a Pill Addiction..?

Question by Armywife44: Concerned about my sister possibly having a pill addiction..?
My sister is in her twenties owns a home and has a career. When she was in high school I know she used to take percocets sometimes ( not prescribed) but it seemed like it was a party thing and she seemed to have grown out of it. I live far away from her but our relationship has changed. We dont talk often anymore, she doesnt’ return calls etc. She ended a long term relationship and immediatly there is a new guy living with her who everyone in my family has a bad feeling about. I know he is prescribed a lot of pain pills for an accident he was in a year ago. I heard my sister is buying Roxies from a friend. I saw her a few m onths ago and she was shockingly thin..she has always been thin but I could see veins in her arms! Her face is all broken out as well. From what I hear her new b/f or friend or whatever he is is constantly sweating profusely even inside in the air condition. I feel like there is something wrong and I’m worried that she has gotten involved in pills ..like I said I dont see her and now barely even talk to her so I can’t see if there are “warning signs”. Does this sound like a possible addiction? Is profuse sweating a sign of anyting? How can I approach this with my sister if I can ever get her on the phone? Please help, my little sister is my heart and Im in the dark here.

Scituate FACTS Coalition: Parents: Learn Strategies to Prevent Drug Abuse

Scituate FACTS Coalition: Parents: Learn strategies to prevent drug abuse

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Their research has shown that when children are bonded to their parents, school and non-drug-using peers, they are less likely to get involved in drug use or other behavior problems. “Specifically, parents will learn to set clear family guidelines on … Read more on Wicked Local- Scituate

 


Drug Abuse Is Bad – A Minecraft Machinima – This is a story about a man named steve, who fell into drugs without any knowledge to stop him and he hit the ground hard, on rock bottom. Rate Comment, And …

How Is It Possible to Absolutely Categorize Alcoholim as a Disease and Not an Illness?

Question by denveryay: How is it possible to absolutely categorize Alcoholim as a disease and not an illness?
“Disease” is a very loosely defined term in many respects. There are multiple disorders, infenctions, and symptoms that can be typical of a definable disease. Also, a disease must have specific and constant cause(s), which in the case of Alcoholism is the CHOICE to drink ethyl-alcohol. The cause of the “disease” is the recurring and disregarding CHOICE to drink. A choice, however pathological or illogical, doesn’t seem to be appropriate as a cause or a condition of any disease. Despite the negative psychological, physiological, and other results of long-term alcohol abuse, it seems that it shouldn’t be classified as anything more than a treatable mental disorder.

I Want to Start My Own “Support Group”…(read On)?

Question by Joy Borrows: I want to start my own “support group”…(read on)?
I know what it’s like being on my own, feeling severely depressed and whatnot. And, I know lots of people who have been in the same boat as well. Thankfully, I’ve since got my life back on track 🙂 I guess, this has made me wonder…is there a way I can help others out? I’d love to start a little group where people can just come and go to support one another through the though times. It’d be about identifying oneself, knowing what makes them (the people who come to these “support one another” groups) happy and self-satisfied. You wouldn’t have to spill all of your problems of course- it’s more for being able to feel confident that you can cope with how things are going in your life (does that make any sense?) The group would be targeted at high school students (I’m in my last year of high school). I guess it’d be something of a “youth group” minus the religious parts. Do you think I could make this? And if so, how would I do it?

Youth Summit on Tobacco or Health 2013 Video Competition – Group 6


Youth Summit on Tobacco or Health 2013 Video Competition – Group 6 – The TFG2000 team consists of doctors, teachers, professionals, and medical students. The movement aims to create a Tobacco Free Generation for Singaporeans b…

 

Stimulant-addicted patients can quit smoking without hindering treatment

Filed under: tobacco abuse

in 2008, 63 percent of people who had a substance use disorder in the past year also reported current tobacco use, compared to 28 percent of the general population. In fact, smoking tobacco causes more deaths among patients in substance abuse treatment … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)