OxyContin Continues to Devastate Appalachia
OxyContin continues to devastate Appalachia
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WYTHE COUNTY, Va., March 11, 2014 — Prescription drug abuse, specifically opioids, such as OxyContin derived from natural or synthetic forms of opium or morphine, is so prevalent in Appalachia that a new word has been created just to describe these … Read more on DigiNews
On the record with … Chris Reed
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With The Other Side coming up on its one year anniversary next month, Reed wants to expand services offered to those in the county struggling with addiction. His nonprofit … The only thing I remember from that was just I really enjoyed the effect … Read more on Northwest Herald
New Study Shows That Marijuana May Be Deadly for Drivers
New Study Shows That Marijuana May Be Deadly For Drivers
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And so, like pragmatists, most have focused their attention on limiting the spread of harder drugs like crack and heroin — dangerous, cheap drugs that often kill users and destroy communities. In the process, attitudes toward softer drugs like … Read more on The Car Connection
Painkiller Abusers Turn to Multiple Doctors to Get Their Pills
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… of the FDA. “People will see that there is a clinical side to this that has to be accounted for when looking at interventions and comprehensive policies to address the issue,” Jones, a senior adviser in the office of policy and planning at the FDA … Read more on Businessweek
OP ED: Rhode Island Is Ready to Legalize Marijuana
OP ED: Rhode Island is Ready to Legalize Marijuana
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According to a 1999 study commissioned by the White House and performed by the Institute of Medicine, marijuana “does not appear to be a gateway drug to the extent that it is the cause or even that it is the most significant predictor of serious drug … Read more on Patch.com
Research Finds Long-Term Methamphetamine Exposure in Mice Affects Offspring
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“Methamphetamine is currently a major drug of abuse, even surpassing cocaine because of its lengthy high,” says Itzhak, who was the lead author of the paper. … “Our results suggest that negative behavioral and epigenetic traits in offspring are the … Read more on HealthCanal.com
Methamphetamine? Please Help!!!?
Question by Jessroo: Methamphetamine? please help!!!?
Okay, so I have to write a 3 page paper based on meth so I need to know alot about it.
Where it comes from?
On averge, how many people does it kill a year?
What does it hurt in the body?
Things like that.
I will also be researching this online myself while waiting for answers.
Thank you guys for the help and please no mean comments
Best answer:
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Let me google that for you.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Methamphetamine
Five Celebrities Whose Lives Were Cut Short by Substance Abuse
Five celebrities whose lives were cut short by substance abuse
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An inquest found that she had cocaine, marijuana, anxiety prescription drug Xanax, muscle relaxant Flexeril as well as the allergy medication Benadryl in her system. Her death was ruled accidental. 3. Amy Winehouse, 27 … to deafening levels even … Read more on Straits Times
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Woody Allen?
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Dylan Farrow posted an open letter on writer Nicholas Kristof's New York Times blog Saturday, detailing the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hand of her adopted father, Woody Allen, 22 years ago. The decision to make these … Kristof too … Read more on TIME
Border Patrol Stops Car, Finds $6.7 Million Worth of Cocaine
Border Patrol Stops Car, Finds .7 Million Worth of Cocaine
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Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 5 checkpoint near San Clemente stopped a compact car Friday with nearly 700 pounds of cocaine worth $ 6.7 million. The large seizure was equal to more than three quarters of the cocaine found by the Border Patrol … Read more on Patch.com
Researchers study cocaine addiction in rats
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The team studied the effects of cocaine addiction and withdrawal in rats and then identified specific brain receptors that they could modify with pharmaceuticals to prevent cocaine relapse in humans. The team plans to use its findings to produce a pill … Read more on University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News