Unwanted Prescription Drugs Can Be Discarded at Environmental Fair This Saturday
Unwanted prescription drugs can be discarded at Environmental Fair this Saturday
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National Drug Take Back Day is slated for Saturday, April 26. Officials will be … Emergency room visits involving abuse of prescription or OTC drugs increased 21% from 2004 to 2005 and nearly half of the patients under the age of 20 had abused DXM … Read more on Idaho State Journal
Study suggests marijuana not as benign as many think
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Shereda Finch, executive director of Council on Substance Abuse-NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence) in Montgomery, said when a younger person uses marijuana, their brain is just not developed yet and the drug will have … Read more on Montgomery Advertiser
Doctor Gets Prison, Probation for Drug Convictions
Doctor gets prison, probation for drug convictions
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Dearnbager, 50, is a Mattoon resident who had a medical practice in Sullivan before he lost his license because of his drug use. He was already accused of having cocaine on Oct. 30, 2012, when he was arrested again after a Jan. 29, 2013, search of his … Read more on Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
So Many Questions: Dr. Steven Farber details struggle with addictions in 'As …
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Now picture that person wearing a white coat, making a diagnosis, even operating — while high. That was Dr. Steven Farber's reality for years. Struggling with an addiction to prescription pills that later led to illegal-drug abuse, it took a series of … Read more on Tribune-Review
The Gun Is Never the Problem: A Guide to Right-Wing Responses to Mass …
The Gun Is Never The Problem: A Guide To Right-Wing Responses To Mass …
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Days later in a column following the September 2013 mass shooting at Washington Navy Yard, Ablow wrote that the shooter "was also reportedly addicted to a drug — violent video games (which are no different than heroin or cocaine, but potentially more … Read more on Media Matters for America (blog)
Guinea-Bissau Vote Aims to Bring Stability
Guinea-Bissau vote aims to bring stability
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — The people of Guinea-Bissau are heading to the polls and the question on everyone's mind is whether this tiny West African nation, known as a transit hub for cocaine traffic, will finally find stability through democratic … Read more on The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Brazeau must go to rehab after release on bail
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OTTAWA ? Suspended senator Patrick Brazeau walked out of a Gatineau, Que., courtroom a free man Friday, after being granted bail following allegations of domestic violence, threatening a man and cocaine possession. But he won't have too much freedom … Read more on Toronto Sun
Feds: Sinaloa Cartel Member Cooperating With U.S.
Feds: Sinaloa cartel member cooperating with U.S.
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Federal authorities have said Guzman made Chicago a primary distribution hub, relying on the city's extensive train, airport and highway systems to transport narcotics. The plea … He also broke the mold when his attorneys argued in 2011 that he and … Read more on Washington Times
After cancer, surgery, come forgiveness and gratitude
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Every morning, Tom Kaminsky walks through the wooden doors of a chapel, gets on his knees, and says a prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.”. Read more on Wicked Local Needham
Drug Take-Back Day Is April 26 at Healdsburg Police Station
Drug Take-Back Day Is April 26 at Healdsburg Police Station
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The Healdsburg Police Department is participating in the sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, April 26 at police headquarters. Take-Back Days allow the public to help prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of … Read more on Patch.com
Drug Take-Back is April 26 at Travis AFB
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Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high–more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and … Read more on Patch.com