Fall River Officials Aim to Ban Synthetic Drugs From Convenience Stores

Fall River officials aim to ban synthetic drugs from convenience stores

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The substance takes effect within three to five minutes and lasts three hours or longer. Effects include increased agitation, paranoia, delusions and hallucinations, officials said. Though marked “not for human consumption,” both products are being … Read more on Fall River Herald News

Here Are Three Things New York Can Do Right Now To Save Heroin Addicts …

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As a concept, harm reduction is about reducing drug-related injuries and fatalities by educating drug users and providing them with resources to use more safely. Harm reduction groups pioneered needle exchanges, which try to insure that intravenous … Read more on Village Voice (blog)

America Goes to Pot

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A drug is by definition a remedy, a treatment, a hoped-for cure. Something's the matter, or anyway not as good … Witness in this context the legal-marijuana boom — the strong public affirmation in places such as Colorado for the right to use pot for … Read more on American Spectator