Cocaine Abuse

Nigella Lawson Barred From Flight Out of London to Los Angeles Over Cocaine

Nigella Lawson barred from flight out of London to Los Angeles over cocaine
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Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Nigella Lawson admitted that she had abused cocaine in the past and smoked marijuana. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was iced out of a weekend flight from London to Los Angeles because of her past cocaine use. The beloved … Read more on New York Daily News

 

Cris Carter Firm On His Comments About Eagles, DeSean Jackson
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – FEBRUARY 02: Former NFL player Chris Carter speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Press Conference at the New Orleans Convention Center on February 2, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty … Read more on CBS Local

 

Maria Miller's 'non-apology', Queen Visits Pope, Housing Bubble and Nigella's

Maria Miller's 'non-apology', Queen visits Pope, housing bubble and Nigella's
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The Sun pictures the Duke of Edinburgh holding aloft the bottle and imagines him asking: "Shall one crack one of one's gags?" The Queen replies: "One shall keep one's mouth shut." Several correspondents note the slightly apologetic tone with which the … Read more on BBC News

 

It's Not Just This Graph That's Embarrassing. It's the Reasons Behind It.
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This is despite the fact that people of all races use and sell drugs at the same rate. – African-Americans comprised 12% of regular … Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act into law. The act reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder … Read more on PolicyMic

 

Are Dental Offices a Source of Cocaine Adulterants?

Are dental offices a source of cocaine adulterants?
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Article Thumbnail Image March 4, 2014 — Injectable local anesthetics, especially lidocaine and benzocaine, are among the most common medications administered in the dental office, and there is a real potential for their diversion to illegal drug … Read more on DrBicuspid.com

 

Harry Reid: "Senate Republicans Are Addicted To Koch"
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Koch is pronounced like “coke,” which is a reference to “cocaine,” which Merriam-Webster defines as “a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves that is used especially in the form of its hydrochloride medically as a topical … Read more on BuzzFeed

 

Man With 3 Drug Possession Convictions Gets 22-Year Prison Sentence

Man with 3 drug possession convictions gets 22-year prison sentence
Filed under: drugs help cocaine abuse
A licensed clinical social worker that briefly worked with McMooain at an addictive disorder clinic in Slidell said McMooain had a 22-year history of drug and alcohol addiction. McMooain admitted he used cocaine between two and three times per week, … Read more on The Times-Picayune

 

Northern Highlands students hear firsthand warnings about drug addiction
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Kristen, 25, and Patricia, 21, of Bergen County, talked to students at Northern Highlands Regional High School on Wednesday about their struggles with drug addiction in two 40-minute assemblies. The two women are residents of Spring House, a Bergen … Read more on NorthJersey.com

 

Review: RoboCop (2014)

Review: RoboCop (2014)
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Paul Verhoeven's 1987 masterpiece is one of the quintessential actions films of the 80's, famous for its great one-liners, memorable characters, smart satire, amazing visual effects and gratuitous over the top violence. … Then Alex Murphy (Joel … Read more on Panels on Pages

 

If a Person Had Painful Wisdom Teeth Problems 120 Years Ago, Could Anything Be Done?

Question by Ken: If a person had painful wisdom teeth problems 120 years ago, could anything be done?
Specifically what could an average person (a farmer in the midwest for example) do about it. I guess an extension of this question is when did dental care become available to the average American.

Best answer:

Answer by bmac
There were dentists back in the 1880’s. But treatment options were limited. A lot of teeth were just pulled. They’d use ether to knock the patient out and then they could give them morphine for pain. Or just go to the nearest general store and buy a bottle of Laudanum.

Answer by atlantagal
Well, if you watch Little House on the Prairie, it was available back then, and I do know it was available in the 1800s in all the books I like to read because they had dentists. I just got done reading a book taken place in 1845 and they had a dentist in it.