Fayetteville's Rank in Property Crimes Is 5th Highest in Nation in 2012
Fayetteville's rank in property crimes is 5th highest in nation in 2012
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Bates said he thinks Fayetteville's high crime rates could be attributed to unemployment and the number of residents who abuse drugs. Getting more officers to patrol and keep criminals in check would help, he said. "The crooks don't want to get caught … Read more on Fayetteville Observer
Many owners of state's pot businesses don't have marijuana background
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Officials Crack Down on Heroin Addition Among Young Users
Officials Crack Down on Heroin Addition Among Young Users
Filed under: drug abuse crack
According to a report put out by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2012, initiations to heroin have increased by 80 percent among minors aged 12 to 17. By 2010, the number of fatal death overdoses in youths between the … Read more on NBC Southern California
Grand jury: Man indicted in toddler death
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Welfare Drug–test Bill Deepens Stigma
Welfare drug–test bill deepens stigma
Filed under: drug addiction test
Maine lawmakers need to shake their addiction to bills that would require welfare recipients to undergo random drug tests. The latest, LD 678, proposed by Rep. Paulette Beaudoin, D-Biddeford, would allow the state to administer random drug tests to … Read more on Bangor Daily News
Why laws mandating drug tests for welfare recipients are doomed to fail.
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We Will Pay the Cost of Alcohol Abuse
We will pay the cost of alcohol abuse
Filed under: alcohol abuse
We will pay the cost of alcohol abuse. Corrections. Crikey writes: Re. “Benedict hands in the hat: Popes by the numbers” (yesterday). The original version of this article stated Pope John Paul II had been made a saint. While he has been beatified he is … Read more on Crikey
Mentor Foundation USA and Partners Host National Drug Facts Day for High …
Mentor Foundation USA and Partners Host National Drug Facts Day for High …
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25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In observance of National Drug Facts Week (NDFW), Mentor Foundation USA, in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Embassy of Sweden and other key partners (as listed below), are again … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)
Drug Facts: Prescriptions
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Why Do People Take Percocet as a Recreational Drug? How Does It Make You Feel?
Question by Marissa C: why do people take percocet as a recreational drug? How does it make you feel?
I know people abuse percocet (oxycodone) but why? what is the feeling you get from this drug that makes people abuse it? Im taking it right now because i just had surgery but all it does is make me tired, i cant imagine why you would want to take this drug for fun. Do you have to take a lot to get the effect that drug abusers get? How many pills do you usually take to “abuse” it. Because i don’t feel euphoric or “out of it” or anything i just feel tired.
Young Binge Eaters More Likely to Abuse Drugs, Study Shows
Young binge eaters more likely to abuse drugs, study shows
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The questionnaires also asked about use of drugs including marijuana, hashish, cocaine, crack, heroin, ecstasy, PCP, GHB, LSD, psychedelic mushrooms, ketamine, crystal meth, amphetamines and prescription drugs. Girls were more likely to binge eat than … Read more on CBS News
Experts to Discuss Twin Cities' Increase in Synthetic Drug Use
Experts to discuss Twin Cities' increase in synthetic drug use
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This Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. (Kelley McCall/ASSOCIATED PRESS) … Read more on Minnesota Public Radio
52 Percent of Rwandan Youth Abuse Drugs – Report
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Teen Prescription Drug Abuse: Addiction Then Recovery
Teen prescription drug abuse: addiction then recovery
Filed under: what is drug abuse and its effects
During October and November, the Healthy Kids blog examines at the epidemic of teen prescription drug abuse. Through the stories of teens and young adults in recovery, their parents and treatment experts, you'll get a first-hand look at a problem that … Read more on Philadelphia Inquirer
Moderate substance use acceptable to some addiction counselors
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Health Providers Discuss Drug Harm, Treatment
Health providers discuss drug harm, treatment
Filed under: treatment for drug abuse
A panel of Marshfield Clinic and Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital health care providers described the path from prescription drug use to heroin abuse, the physical harm that drug use can cause and how providers intervene and treat patients who abuse drugs. Read more on Marshfield News-Herald