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Survey Shows Teen Marijuana Use on Rise – News 13

Survey shows teen marijuana use on rise – News 13

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Survey shows teen marijuana use on rise. medical-marijuana-file. Since 2000, every two years the Florida Department of Education has surveyed teen drug, tobacco and alcohol use. In Lake County booze, cigarettes and every drug surveyed has been on the …
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A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses [FEATURE]

A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses [FEATURE]

Filed under: Drug Use Colorado

In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for pot legalization going over the tipping point, marijuana reform legislation is …
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Gun Confiscation via the Therapeutic State Moves Ahead in California

Gun Confiscation Via the Therapeutic State Moves Ahead in California

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Those deemed “dangerous or untrustworthy” include those suffering from mental illness, a diagnosis declared as a myth more than 50 years ago by Thomas Szasz, professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York's Health Science Center …
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Time to Empty Out That Medicine Cabinet; the Take Back Drugs Initiative Is

Time to empty out that medicine cabinet; the Take Back Drugs initiative is

Filed under: drug abuse help in orange county

More than seven million Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to a 2009 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office hopes an annual event can help put a dent …
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How the Prison-Industrial Complex Destroys Lives – Truthout

How the Prison-Industrial Complex Destroys Lives – Truthout

Filed under: drug abuse treatment options

In fact, a wealth of research documents that targeted investments in preschool programs, substance-abuse treatment and promoting high school graduation are more cost-effective in the long term. How are imprisoning people for drug use and race …
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How Will I Look for a Drug Rehab in Circleville, Ohio?

Question by aisling f: How will I look for a drug rehab in Circleville, Ohio?
We’ve only just moved here a week ago. I haven’t familiarized myself
with the place yet. It’s just that my daughter really needs to get
herself treated for her heroin addiction. She’s tried going cold turkey, but
the withdrawal symptoms are just too hard on her. Any suggestions?