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WFAD 2012 – Drug Effects on the Adolescent Brain: Preventing Youth Drug Use Is a Global Imperative


 

WFAD 2012 – Drug Effects on The Adolescent Brain: Preventing Youth Drug Use Is A Global Imperative – Speaker: Bertha Madras Professor of psychobiology, Harvard Medical School, USA.

 

Ohio Attorney General Goes to Cincinnati Hospital, Feeling 'Much Better'

Ohio attorney general goes to Cincinnati hospital, feeling 'much better'

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One of Ohio's most publicly visible officials, DeWine has made causes of fighting human trafficking and prescription drug abuse and of cracking down on violent offenders. He convened a special grand jury last year to investigate possible other crimes …
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Editorial: Long-Overdue Reforms for Medical Pot

Editorial: Long-overdue reforms for medical pot

Filed under: Drug Use Colorado

Council members, instead, listened to warnings from their police chiefs that dispensaries would invite crime and drug abuse. Only in Fairfax … Voters in Colorado and Washington have voted to decriminalize personal use of marijuana use for people over 18.
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Canyon Family One of Thousands Relocating for Marijuana Treatment

Canyon family one of thousands relocating for marijuana treatment

Filed under: Drug Use Colorado Springs

Jillian will soon start on a treatment made from marijuana, grown at a remote, high security facility in the foothills of Colorado Springs. "Thinking that Jilly could be seizure free, … "She had been on every drug by two, by two years old, and so …
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Will My Psychologist Tell My Parents About Past Drug Abuse?

Question by thisisnotsurreal: Will my psychologist tell my parents about past drug abuse?
I have recently decided to stop smoking marijuana. I am completely decided and have no desire to do so. I do not have it readily available, almost none of my friends do it anymore, and I do not have any way to obtain it.
I’m going to a psychologist tomorrow, and he knows my parents, though I know that is of little influence when it comes to confidentiality. My problem lies with my addictive behavior, be it a woman, pot, or anything else that makes me feel good, so basically I definitely have to tell him about my year long abuse of marijuana to explain why I found out I wanted to change.

John Hickenlooper, Colorado Governor, Discourages Other States From

John Hickenlooper, Colorado Governor, Discourages Other States From

Filed under: Drug Use Colorado

"I don't think governors should be [in] the position of promoting things that are inherently not good for people," he said, noting that Colorado has implemented a robust regulatory system for marijuana, which the state recently legalized for …
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