All You Need to Know Before You Watch This Year's Oscars
All you need to know before you watch this year's Oscars
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If you've been orbiting the planet these past few months, you may have missed the biggest shadow being cast over this year's Academy Awards: Dylan Farrow's repeated assertion that she was sexually abused in 1992, when she was 7, by her adopted father, … Read more on Haaretz
The Disappearance of US Crime?
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Legalized abortion: Proponents of this idea say that neglected, abused and unwanted children tend more toward criminal behavior. Therefore, abortion … And Chris Henderson, an event planner, shared his experience of being attacked in Brooklyn by a … Read more on The REAL TRUTH
Cheap Crack Pipes, Free Heroin, and Free Booze: The Evidence for Helping …
Cheap Crack Pipes, Free Heroin, and Free Booze: The Evidence for Helping …
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A crack pipe vending machine for addicts sounds like the punch line of a bad joke—but the same kind of ridicule has been lobbed at many measures to fight drug addiction and related harm that have now proven to save lives. From needle … A 2012 … Read more on TIME (blog)
Councillors call for end of Fords' feud with chief
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"If the mayor wants the chief to leave him alone, I suggest he stop peeing in a park, I suggest he stop smoking crack cocaine, I suggest he stop lying, I suggest he stop driving while he's drunk, I suggest he stop showing up in night clubs and … Read more on NOW Magazine
Marijuana Has Caused Two Deaths, According to This Sobering German Study
Marijuana Has Caused Two Deaths, According To This Sobering German Study
Filed under: cocaine abuse and heart disease
The 23-year-old had had a serious, underlying heart condition that hadn't been detected when he was alive, the study found, and the 28-year-old had a history of cocaine, amphetamine, and alcohol abuse. Given these factors, marijuana use seems to have … Read more on Bustle
Cocaine Use Doesn't Raise In-Hospital Mortality With MI
Filed under: cocaine abuse and heart disease
In the cocaine-positive group there was a higher percentage of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; 46.3 vs. 39.7%) and cardiogenic shock at presentation, as well as a lower percentage of multivessel coronary artery disease (53.3 vs. 64.5%). Read more on Monthly Prescribing Reference
Why Is Marijuana Illegal When It Could Protect Against Cancer?
Question by ABE: Why is Marijuana illegal when it could protect against cancer?
“studies have found that moderate cannabis use may protect against head and neck cancers, as well as lung cancer. Some studies have shown that cannabidiol may also be useful in treating breast cancer.” — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)
and for those who are gonna b*tch about wikipedia, here’s 3 other sources:
— Liang C, McClean MD, Marsit C, et al. (August 2009). “A population-based case-control study of marijuana use and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma”. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa) 2 (8): 759–68. doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-09-0048. PMID 19638490.
— “Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection”. Washington Post. [2006-5-26]. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html.
— “Marijuana compound may stop spread of breast cancer”. Fox News. 2007-11-19. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312132,00.html.
Best answer:
Answer by Renaldo
It has to do with high concentrations of thc injected into the brain. You can smoke it, but it won’t have any effect on cancer.
Chinese Medicine for Addiction
Chinese Medicine for Addiction
Filed under: cocaine abuse panic attacks
… aspects of addiction and detoxification, and it supports psychological and social treatments that are vital for recovery but are not as effective when an addict is suffering from physical cravings, insomnia, panic attacks, and other physical … Read more on The Epoch Times
Dan Harris' Startling Drug Confession
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A side-effect of all of this, as my doctor explained to me, was that the drugs had increased the level of adrenaline in my brain, dramatically boosting the odds of a panic attack. It didn't matter that I hadn't gotten high in the days or weeks leading … Read more on CelebStoner
Broward Drug Court Honors Highway Hero
Broward Drug Court honors highway hero
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"I have a family today for being clean and sober," Clancy said. … Drug Court is a state-funded program designed to give nonviolent offenders with a history of drug problems the option of intensive substance abuse treatment lasting nine months on average. Read more on Sun-Sentinel
Clarence Fanto: Confronting the scourge among us
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Drug users, friends and family who might fear arrest if they call 911 for help in an overdose emergency can be reassured that Good Samaritan laws in Massachusetts and most other states protect people in a medical crisis. "It's easy for the cynical … Read more on Berkshire Eagle