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Anatomy of a Drug Deal in Salinas

Anatomy of a drug deal in Salinas

Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Powder

Gray says the two biggest sellers are crack cocaine and black tar heroin from South America. “It's rare we run into cocaine powder,” he says. “And most dope we see is connected to the gangs.” The operation was part of quarterly drug and prostitution … Read more on Monterey County Weekly (blog)

 

Cocaine drug of choice in county

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Can an Employer Fire Someone for Using Hormone Replacement Therapy Steroids Under a Dr’s Care?

Question by sfreconmerc: Can an employer fire someone for using hormone replacement therapy steroids under a Dr’s care?
A friend of mine was fired for testing + on a urine test for Nandrolone metabolites (Deca). He turned in his very legal prescriptions before his test, yet the company still fired him for going against their Drug & Abuse policy. How can this happen?

Best answer:

Answer by Snowflake
He should sue. He’d win.

Answer by SkepDoc 2.0
Sounds like a wrongful dismissal lawsuit to me.

What do you think? Answer below!

 

Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern

Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern

Filed under: abuse and addiction

Addiction to prescription pills — mainly to narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone, sold as Percocet and other brands, and hydrocodone, sold as Vicodin and other brands — has proven to be more deadly than some illegal drugs. According to the Centers … Read more on Pittsburgh Post Gazette

 

Is The Teen Brain More Vulnerable To Addiction?

Filed under: abuse and addiction

Ashland Substance Abuse Prevention Kids (ASAP) – BoS Meeting 6-5-13


Ashland Substance Abuse Prevention kids (ASAP) – BoS meeting 6-5-13 – Ashland kids make anti-drug presentation to Board of Selectmen.

 

New Colorado campaign targets teen prescription drug abuse

Filed under: substance abuse prevention

Troubling statistics about the numbers of Colorado teens abusing prescription drugs have spawned a new statewide drug abuse prevention campaign. The Rise Above Colorado campaign, which has the support of Gov. John Hickenlooper and Attorney … Read more on Denver Post

 

NRC to host forum on drug use prevention

Filed under: substance abuse prevention

Why Is Heroin Abuse Rising While Other Drug Abuse Is Falling?

Why Is Heroin Abuse Rising While Other Drug Abuse Is Falling?

Filed under: news about drug abuse

Across the U.S., heroin abuse among first-time users has increased by nearly 60 percent in the last decade, from about 90,000 to 156,000 new users a year, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Read more on Forbes

 

Elderly also face prescription drug abuse

Filed under: news about drug abuse

Is Homosexuality the Result of a Psychological Trauma or Is It a Normal Variation?

Question by answer man: Is homosexuality the result of a psychological trauma or is it a normal variation?
Psychology had it listed as a diagnosis for decades.
Due to political pressure, they changed that and “deemed” it “normal”.
If evolution is factual why would homosexuals survive since they cannot procreate naturally?
Does the lifestyle many homosexuals live put them at higher risk of AIDS, std’s, alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, suicide and gay bowel syndrome?

Best answer:

Answer by Esti
its a normal variation

Answer by Taylor
Its normal variation.

Add your own answer in the comments!

 

Gov. Tomblin's 2014 State of the State Address Speech

Gov. Tomblin's 2014 State of The State Address speech

Filed under: meth addiction treatment options

"New recovery coaches are available in north central West Virginia to help support those graduating substance abuse treatment programs. New detox stabilization units will begin operating in … "Based on the hard work and recommendations of the … Read more on WOWK

 

Prepared text of Gov. Beshear's address

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Is This an Example of What Obama Calls a Safe Southern Border for American Children?

Question by Te Amo Mucho Mas Desde El Comienzo Mazatlan MX: Is this an example of what Obama calls a Safe Southern Border for American Children?
Enchilada Smackdown: Mexico vs. United States and Obama weakness
Laredo, a border city in northern Mexico, a Woman was beheaded for using social media to report on criminals, prosecutors said.
Maria Elizabeth Macias’s decapitated body was found over the weekend, the Tamaulipas state Attorney General’s Office said.
The 39-year-old journalist’s body was found by police on Saturday in Nuevo Laredo, which lies across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, the AG’s office said.
Macias’s dismembered body was dumped at the Christopher Columbus Monument on a busy avenue in the border city.
The journalist’s legs and trunk were tossed in the grass, while her head was placed on a planter with a computer, mouse, cables, headphones and speakers.
Macias, who signed her postings as “La nena de Laredo” (The Chick from Lareodo), used social-networking sites to report on a criminal organization, the AG’s office said.
Two young people were murdered on Sept. 13 and their bodies were left hanging off a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo for using social-networking Web sites to report criminals.
The bodies of the young man and young woman showed signs of torture, and motorists were the ones who spotted the bodies and called police.
Messages warning others not to use social-networking Web sites to report drug traffickers were left on each of the bodies.
One of the messages was signed “Z,” a reference to Los Zetas, which operates along the border with the United States and is considered Mexico’s most violent drug cartel.
Mexico has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists in the past few years, and the most dangerous country for members of the media in Latin America, non-governmental organizations say.
Hundreds of journalists and media industry workers took to the streets of Mexico City on Sept. 11 to demand that officials clear up the recent killings of two female reporters and punish those responsible for attacks on journalists.
Journalists have increasingly been targeted in recent years by drug traffickers and other organized crime groups, especially in northern Mexico.
Media members must also contend with long-running abuse at the hands of federal, state and local officials.
Since 2000, more than 70 journalists have been murdered and 13 others have gone missing in Mexico, the National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, Mexico’s equivalent of an ombudsman’s office, said.
Authorities have not solved any of the cases of the journalists listed as missing since 2005 in Mexico, the Inter American Press Association, or IAPA, said in a report released last November.
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In General, Are Serotonin Agonists Less Addictive Than Dopamine Agonists?

Question by Blue: In general, are serotonin agonists less addictive than dopamine agonists?

Best answer:

Answer by J.SWAMY I
Both act at receptor level .So must be equally effective

Answer by Mathieu
Dopamine is the “master molecule of addiction.” Dopamine is a reinforcing neurotransmitter so anything that brings you joy or things you want to do or are looking forward to doing is all due to dopamine. All drugs of abuse (not necessarily hallucinogens) increase dopamine. As a result the body can have urges and cravings for a drug because the brain is trying to get you to do something rewarding. Sex causes the release of dopamine more so than anything else (aside from drugs). Food also increases dopamine substantially. The reason why those two activities are so tied into dopamine is because it is necessary for the survival of the species for people to eat and have children. Since the brain sees that as most important it rewards more for that.

Drug-Free South Making Plans for 2014

Drug-Free South Making Plans for 2014

Filed under: ecstasy facts

The cornerstone of the program is a series of booklets that provide the facts about the most commonly abused drugs: marijuana, alcohol, ecstasy, cocaine, crack cocaine, crystal meth, inhalants, heroin, LSD, prescription drugs, painkillers, and Ritalin … Read more on PR.com (press release)

 

Drug danger awareness is crucial

Filed under: ecstasy facts

Earlier this year, there were eight deaths which were thought to be due to the consumption of "bad ecstasy", which was believed to have been supplied by paramilitaries or their associates in east Belfast. Unfortunately, the exact causes of those deaths … Read more on Belfast Telegraph