Legislature Stepping Away From Drug War
Legislature stepping away from drug war
Filed under: crack cocaine users
This bill would add other hard drugs such as crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin. It wouldn't affect sellers or manufacturers of hard drugs. Those crimes would remain felonies. And users who steal or rob to finance their drug habits still would … Read more on Los Angeles Times
Six dealers, 22 users arrested in drug roundup
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BLACK MEN: MOST HATED, MOST FEARED MOST IMITATED
BLACK MEN: MOST HATED, MOST FEARED MOST IMITATED – DO YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE MORE BLACK MEN IN JAIL THAN ANYONE ELSE? IT’S NOT BECAUSE THEY COMMIT MORE CRIMES! The racists among us, blatant and closeted, will…
UK is Drug and Alcohol Capital of Europe
Filed under: crack cocaine users
Even more worrying are those websites selling class A drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine, which are also distributed around the country by the postal service. … The UK also has the highest rate of lifetime-use of amphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy. Read more on IBTimes.co.uk
Why Is Eric Clapton’s Song “Cocaine” Not Censored on the Radio, but Drug References in Rap Songs Are?
Question by Anonymous: Why is Eric Clapton’s song “Cocaine” not censored on the radio, but drug references in rap songs are?
Eric Clapton: “…When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine. If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine…” This is obvious reference to recreational/self medicating illegal drug use.
If this song is acceptable, other drug references in music should be too. The importance or necessity of the lyrics is irrelevant; the right to express yourself takes precedent over the value of such expression.
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Let's Get Honest About Our Drug Use
Let's Get Honest About Our Drug Use
Filed under: pictures of crack cocaine users
There are way more white crack users than black crack users and there are plenty of people on Wall Street who are regular cocaine users. What is your image of a … There are also conflicting images when it comes to similar drugs. Most people are … Read more on Huffington Post
Our Irrational Fear of Heroin
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William Newman: American Justice Still Shackled by Bias
William Newman: American justice still shackled by bias
Filed under: crack versus cocaine
The difference between them is that crack is most frequently sold and used in black ghettos while powder is the cocaine of choice in white suburbs. For years the Federal Sentencing Guidelines required crack cocaine users (blacks) to be imprisoned 100 … Read more on GazetteNET
Police: One dead, one survives in unrelated Melbourne shootings
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'Slum Pope' Returns to Slum, Brings Message of Hope Even in Face of Corruption
'Slum pope' returns to slum, brings message of hope even in face of corruption
Filed under: Faces Of Crack Cocaine Users
The Varginha slum butts up against what until about six months back was the largest "cracolandia" — crackland — in Brazil, where hundreds of crack cocaine users gathered under a train overpass and used the drug openly night and day. Crumbling brittle … Read more on Waterloo Record
The Dark Net: The vast hidden web which makes a mockery of David Cameron's …
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The Fountain of Youth? Docs Say It's Sunscreen
The fountain of youth? Docs say it's sunscreen
Filed under: crack cocaine s effects
Cocaine is one of the most highly addictive drugs on the market – according to a Dutch study on addictive potency, crack is second only to heroin. So for the 1.4 million cocaine users in the United States, research toward a potential cocaine vaccine is … Read more on Houston Chronicle
Drug dealer's driver from Nelson is jailed
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'Crack Babies' of the 1980s Just a Myth, Says New Report
'Crack babies' of the 1980s just a myth, says new report
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary
The news of "crack babies" took the media by storm in the 1980s with a flood of heart-wrenching drama about addicted mothers having children who were expected to be disruptive, damaged for life, and expensive to care for. Except it wasn't true. A new … Read more on Mother Nature Network
Carl Hart, Columbia University Scientist, Confronts Drug War In 'High Price'
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Why Do People Who Abuse Methamphetamine Lose Their Teeth?
Question by : Why do people who abuse methamphetamine lose their teeth?
I do not use meth at all or anything like it but I know people who have in the past and they ALL lost their teeth and wear dentures, is it because of the meth or is it because of just not taking care of their teeth? Some of these people are not that old either.
Best answer:
Answer by Annie
Meth addicts who smoke and/or snort meth very often get what is now known as “Meth Mouth.”
Is Addiction Truely a Disease in the Technical Sense?
Question by Spongecakes: Is addiction truely a disease in the technical sense?
I hate that saying. Its not like they caught the “addiction”
Best answer:
Answer by Mr. Green Guy
nope, its a natural temptation by the person itself.
like a bad habit, sort of..
Answer by SweetElf *BackDoor*
I personally don’t buy that load of horseshit… I’m an addict, and I don’t think it’s a disease.
I do think it’s a learned behavior and can be unlearned.
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