Does Your Baby Smoke Pot?
Does Your Baby Smoke Pot?
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Mind you, pot smokers and cannabis users have always been here, from Woodstock to Washington State. Many of … As long as you are an adult and not harming anyone, you must have the right to have your government stay the heck out of my life. Our time … Read more on CounterPunch
Pot is not 'more dangerous than alcohol'? Science lacking on Obama's claim
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Even if smoking pot carries the same health risks as alcohol, as Obama claims, that doesn't bring much comfort to Dr. Timothy Naimi, a substance abuse policy researcher at Boston Medical Center. “Excessive alcohol use is the … “We've all been … Read more on Boston.com (blog)
INSIGHT-War Turns Syria Into Major Amphetamines Producer, Consumer
INSIGHT-War turns Syria into major amphetamines producer, consumer
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The drug was first produced in the West in the 1960s to treat hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression, but by the 1980s was banned in most countries because of its addictive properties and no longer has a legitimate medical use. Its active … Read more on Thomson Reuters Foundation
Inside the Brains of Addicts
Inside the brains of addicts
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“I think addiction treatment is moving in the direction of acceptance that addictions have a brain basis – that they are not just a disorder of choice or a moral failing,” said F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., division chair of addiction psychiatry in the VCU … Read more on The Almagest
Executed Against the Judgment of 12 Jurors
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There was some evidence that Ferguson had mental health problems—he had been committed previously to a state mental hospital—but Judge Fuller was not sufficiently moved to consider his mental illness a mitigating circumstance. In fact, as with …. A … Read more on The Atlantic
Pill to Fight Cocaine Addiction Closer to Reality
Pill to fight cocaine addiction closer to reality
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Researchers led by Pitt neuroscience professor Yan Dong used rat models to examine the effects of cocaine addiction and withdrawal on nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens, a small region in the brain that is commonly associated with reward, emotion, … Read more on Business Standard
Beaverdam grandfather faces 10 years in prison on cocaine charges
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A Beaverdam grandfather-turned-cocaine trafficker whose son was slain in a 2010 drug-related shootout faces 10 years or more in prison when he's sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer to sentence Mark … Read more on Richmond Times Dispatch
In the Crossfire: Legalize Marijuana?
In the Crossfire: Legalize Marijuana?
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Cannabis is schedule 1, meaning it has no medical value, is unsafe for medical use, and has a high likelihood for addiction (on par with Heroin…while Cocaine and Meth are Schedule 2), yet they're rolling out the red carpet for trials and patents for … Read more on CNN (blog)
Silencing Synapses: Hope for Pharmacological Solution to Cocaine Addiction
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Researchers led by Pitt neuroscience professor Yan Dong used rat models to examine the effects of cocaine addiction and withdrawal on nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens, a small region in the brain that is commonly associated with reward, emotion, … Read more on ScienceBlog.com (blog)
From Scandal-Plagued Politicians to Natural Disasters, a Look Back at 2013
From scandal-plagued politicians to natural disasters, a look back at 2013
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31 – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledged he was suffering from a rare but serious skin disorder, treated with a steroid that had side effects such as bloating and weight gain and possible bouts of sleeplessness. He said neither the condition nor … Read more on Victoria Times Colonist
Inmate accused of killing Canaan CO should have been confined, but sanctions …
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That change in disciplinary philosophy – at least in the case of the violent Con-ui, who gunned down a gang rival outside a Phoenix, Ariz., laundry facility in 2002 and conspired in a cocaine-trafficking ring that led to federal charges and an 11-year … Read more on CorrectionsOne