Researchers Find Plant Compound Effective in Making Drug Withdrawal Bearable
Researchers Find Plant Compound Effective in Making Drug Withdrawal Bearable
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Researchers, trying to develop treatments to help people cope with drug withdrawal, have found that a mixture derived from a tree found in Southeast Asia can wean people off drugs. Christopher R. McCurdy from University of Mississippi and his team … Read more on Counsel & Heal
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Woman to Be Executed for Murdering Elderly Neighbor
Woman to be executed for murdering elderly neighbor
Filed under: addiction to crack cocaine
McCarthy, a college graduate who worked as an occupational therapist, was addicted to crack cocaine. “Immediately after the murder, she hocked the wedding ring… went to a pawn shop and hocked it, and went to a crack house and tried to buy crack. Read more on KVUE
Texas prepares to execute 1st woman in US since 2010; killed neighbour over …
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Brazil Tries to Fight Cocaine Trafficking at Huge, Porous Borders
Brazil tries to fight cocaine trafficking at huge, porous borders
Filed under: Faces Of Crack Cocaine
Law enforcement and health officials say demand for cocaine and its highly addictive derivative, crack, is on the rise in Brazil just as traffickers are seeking new markets to take up the slack left by falling consumption in the United States. The … Read more on Washington Post
Perjury plea accepted in Coatesville cocaine case
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DEXTER: SRSLY Expanding to Dexter, Stockbridge
DEXTER: SRSLY expanding to Dexter, Stockbridge
Filed under: drug abuse support groups
The popular Chelsea anti-substance abuse program aimed at kids ages 10 to 15 and their families is looking to start SRSLY groups in Dexter and Stockbridge in the fall. SRSLY Dexter is being funded with a grant from the Dexter Wellness Coalition and … Read more on Heritage Newspapers
Navy: Random alcohol tests for sailors in US
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Drugs for Sex? Two Supects in Sweep Alleged to Have Solicited Prostitutes
Drugs for sex? Two supects in sweep alleged to have solicited prostitutes
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Charges Ny
BENNINGTON — Two men who were arraigned Wednesday on drug charges as part of Operation County Sweep were also charged with soliciting prostitutes. Michael J. Gates, 52, of School Street, pleaded not guilty to six felony counts of cocaine sale, … Read more on Bennington Banner
Ten Members of Violent Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew Charged
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INSIDE ADDICTION: Inside Interventions 1
INSIDE ADDICTION: Inside Interventions 1 – Episode 1 Pt 1 with Dean Hale and Ken Seeley from A&E’s Intervention
RhRealityCheck Pregnancy Study Fails to Deliver
Filed under: drug abuse intervention
On Tuesday, the website RhRealtyCheck.org hosted a conference call to announce the release of a new study entitled “Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973–2005: Implications for Women's Legal Status and Public … Read more on National Review Online (blog)
Health committee debates bill to regulate pain prescriptions, deal with addictions
Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts
Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts
Filed under: Crack Cocaine Statistics United States
When we added five years of county data and seven years of state data, allowing us to test an additional fourteen jurisdictions that adopted shall-issue laws, the previous Lott and Mustard findings proved not to be robust. Importantly, we showed that … Read more on FactCheck.org
Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?
Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?
Filed under: teens and drug abuse
More recently, studies are looking at the regularity of marijuana use by teens. A large group of 8th, 10th and 12th graders were surveyed in a study conducted under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Results showed that 6.5% of … Read more on Huffington Post
Project TRUE: Peer educators work on reducing teen drug abuse
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