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AVRTuneup – Rational Recovery®


AVRTuneup – Rational Recovery® – An introduction to a three DVD set that will teach you AVRT® techniques that you can use to achieve permanent abstinence from crack or any other substance yo…

 

She Vanquished a Cruel Addiction, but Challenges Remain

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Recovery

Chalk it up to an addict's apathy. If her body, already weakened from crack cocaine use, also had to endure beatings from drug dealers she had cheated, so what? Threats on her life made at knife point for the same transgression? No difference. What … Read more on New York Times

'I Have Smoked Crack Cocaine,' Toronto's Mayor Admits on Camera

'I Have Smoked Crack Cocaine,' Toronto's Mayor Admits on Camera

Filed under: cocaine to crack

Last Updated, 5:34 p.m. | After dodging questions for months about video evidence said to show him using drugs, Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto stunned constituents and his own staff on Tuesday by telling a scrum of reporters, “Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine. Read more on New York Times (blog)

 

Crack Vs. Cocaine: Which Is "Worse"?

Filed under: cocaine to crack

Zac Efron a Cokehead? High School Musical Star Did Rehab for Cocaine Addiction


Zac Efron a cokehead? High School Musical star did rehab for cocaine addiction – Former High School Musical star Zac Efron secretly completed a stint in rehab for a serious cocaine addiction five months ago, according to a report by TMZ. …

 

Toronto council reins in scandal-plagued mayor

Filed under: rehab for cocaine

But he and his family insist he is not an addict and does not need rehab. In a TV interview Monday night for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Ford said he had only smoked crack cocaine once, calling it "an isolated incident." He denied that he has … Read more on Pioneer Press

Effects of Drugs on Embryonic Development?

Question by Nadya Bakuchev: Effects of drugs on embryonic development?
What are the later psychological effects on a child or teenager of crack, cocaine, meth, and alcohol on an embryo or fetus.

Best answer:

Answer by African
Brain/Neurological defects.

Answer by brianbelotti
thirty prominent doctors, scientists, and psychological researchers have signed an open letter urging the mass media to stop using terms such as “crack baby” and “crack addicted baby,” as well as similar terms, such as “ice baby” and “meth baby.” The terms have no scientific validity and unfairly stigmatize the children to whom they are applied, the researchers said in a February 25 letter sent to the Washington Post, the Charleston (South Carolina) Post & Courier, and the Amarillo Globe, among other media offenders.

Why Doritos Are So Darned Addictive

Why Doritos are so darned addictive

Filed under: crack addiction help

Steven A. Witherly, a food scientist and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods. They've been engineered so you never feel like you've had … Read more on New York Post

 

How women blow £400000 a day playing Candy Crush, the most addictive

Filed under: crack addiction help

Santa Rosa Looking to Crack Down on 'snipe' Signs

Santa Rosa looking to crack down on 'snipe' signs

Filed under: signs of crack use

WEB-Snipe-signs Santa Rosa County Public Services Director Tony Gomillion has been exploring the use of an automatic calling system which would allow residents to call in complaints about “snipe” signs – nuisance signs which are often placed in the … Read more on Navarre Press

 

Rattled Congress Seeks Way Out of Its Standoff

Filed under: signs of crack use

Krokodil Victims Describe Flesh-Eating Drug's Horrifying Effects (GRAPHIC

Krokodil Victims Describe Flesh-Eating Drug's Horrifying Effects (GRAPHIC

Filed under: affects of drug abuse

Now, two American users of Krokodil – which originated in Russia – have revealed their battle with the devastating drug and how its noxious effects have left their bodies ruined. Amber and Angie Neitzel, from Joliet, Illinois, say they have been … Read more on Huffington Post UK

 

UCLA awarded M grant to study substance abuse, HIV among Latino and

Filed under: affects of drug abuse

From a Bitter End to a Fresh Chance for Freeman

From a Bitter End to a Fresh Chance for Freeman

Filed under: after effects of drug abuse

Signing Freeman could prove to be a colossal bust for Minnesota: his problems with the Buccaneers weren't limited to Schiano, and some of them were self-inflicted. There is a good chance, however, that his acquisition by the Vikings … Freeman was … Read more on New York Times

 

Guest Column: Lohmer legislative update

Filed under: after effects of drug abuse

Prescription Painkillers Sales Up 90 Percent


Prescription Painkillers Sales Up 90 Percent – Since 1997, sales of Oxycontin and four other leading brands of painkillers are up 90 percent, officials said. Addiction to painkillers such as Oxycontin can…

 

50 NY groups launch campaign to warn against addiction to prescription

Filed under: addiction to painkillers

BUFFALO, New York — More than 50 upstate New York organizations are teaming up on a campaign to warn against prescription painkiller addiction. The campaign is being kicked off at Buffalo State College on Wednesday. Those involved include treatment … Read more on The Republic

Community Forum Will Address Teen Drug Use

Community Forum will Address Teen Drug Use

Filed under: teenage alcohol abuse

Police and educational personnel held a similar meeting on the dangers and growing trend of alcohol abuse among Wayne teenagers. A few dozen parents and students attended that meeting. — Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Daniel Hubbard … Read more on Patch.com

 


Teenage Alcohol Abuse

 

SEX CRIMES: Stronger messages needed for student athletes, experts say

Filed under: teenage alcohol abuse