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PARSONS: Super Bowl Brings to Light Society's Ignorance

PARSONS: Super Bowl brings to light society's ignorance

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These women were provided with cocaine, crack and other drugs by two dealers who were arrested alongside the ring members. Considering … We live in a world where it's become easier to turn our heads than to face the difficulties within reality. Money … Read more on Daily Nebraskan

 

Brockton man wanted on drug charges

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Ferriday Man Gets 200 Months in Cocaine Conspiracy

Ferriday man gets 200 months in cocaine conspiracy

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According to evidence presented at the guilty plea, from November 2011 to December 2011, authorities intercepted communications between Green and another defendant discussing the sale of crack cocaine and making purchases. On Feb. 1, 2012 … Read more on Monroe News Star

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death calls attention to rise in heroin use

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Research Proj…?

Question by k.nicole211: Research Proj…?
What prescription drugs are most commonly abused?
Also, where does overdose/acidental overdose sit on the list of teen deaths??

Best answer:

Answer by the-average-american
There are 3 categories in which prescription drugs are abused. They are:
-Narcotics, such as: OxyContin, Vicodin, Percocet
-Depressants such as, Xanax, Valium, Librium
-Stimulants such as, Ritalin, Dexedrine, Meridia

From (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/09/america/NA-MED-US-Drug-Overdoses.php) “The number of accidental drug overdose deaths rose from 11,155 in 1999 to 19,838 in 2004, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”

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Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center | Alcohol Recovery Center


Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center | Alcohol Recovery Center – http://chicagorehabcenters.org Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center offers detox, counseling, and more for alcohol, drug, and prescription drug addiction in re…

 

Knox College alerts students to drug activity

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The drug can be entered into the body as a powder, liquid or laced onto edible items. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency website, 25I has a high potential for abuse and has resulted in 19 fatalities between August 2012 and March 2013. Director of … Read more on Galesburg Register-Mail

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Chen: Unjust Incarceration

Chen: Unjust incarceration

Filed under: 2010 Crack Cocaine Statistics

Legislation such as the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 imposed mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug dealing, creating much harsher sentences for crack cocaine offenses than those of powder cocaine. … Debra and Ben: Here are some FACTS for you … Read more on Mennonite World Review

 

Inflation Hits Money and Lies

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Food prices are also jumping like a frog on crack cocaine. Many of them are masked by smaller weight packaging. Health care … The federal government is manipulating statistics to intentionally get a low number for inflation as well as unemployment in … Read more on Atlantic Free Press