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Which of the Following Drugs Does the Most Damage to America?
Question by Jay T: Which of the following drugs does the most damage to America?
If you were to set up a task force to tackle only ONE drug and see what you can do to stop it…
Crack Cocaine – Although crack cocaine is known to only have its influence largely in communities which are already on the “outs” – it’s reputation for causing “instant addiction” and connection to crimes like vandalism and theft make it a prime candidate.
Crystal Meth – although a meth user can “function” in society for a longer period of time undetected, the health risks associated with the drug are often disasterous and costly.
Heroin – although use of heroin is not nearly as prevalent in the USA as the others, it is marked by its connection to rebellious foreign enterprises like Al Qeida… It can cause delusional states in which the user acts out violently and it appeals to users who would ordinarily be peaceful and creative.
Opiate Detox: ‘Prescription Drugs Are Killing People Like Crazy’ – Daily Astorian
Opiate Detox: ‘Prescription drugs are killing people like crazy’ – Daily Astorian
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'Prescription drugs are killing people like crazy'
Daily Astorian With commonly prescribed opiates such as oxycontin, oxycodone, morphine and methadone, “addiction happens fast and hits hard,” Deputy Guest said. But once the pills are gone from a person's system, withdrawal kicks in immediately, Hoover said. “Detox … |
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Russia Defies Growing Consensus With Declaration of ‘Total War on Drugs’ – the Guardian
Opiate Detox: Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of ‘total war on drugs’ – The Guardian
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Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of 'total war on drugs'
The Guardian Some of Russia's detox clinics still use "coding", a controversial therapy in which patients are scared into thinking terrible consequences (such as their testicles falling off) will result if they mix drugs with medicines which are actually placebos. … |
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Opiate Detox: INSIDE STORY: Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway’s Treatment – People Magazine
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INSIDE STORY: Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway's Treatment
People Magazine Although Jeff Conaway, who died on Friday at the age of 60, often spoke of his longtime battle with drug and alcohol addiction, he "was a terribly complex case with chronic pain, opiate addiction and severe childhood trauma," says Dr. … Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway's battle with addiction |
Opiate Detox: Russia Defies Growing Consensus With Declaration of ‘Total War on Drugs’
Opiate Detox: Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of ‘total war on drugs’
Under new laws being drawn up addicts would be forced into treatment or jailed, and dealers ‘treated like serial killers’ Drug dealers are to be “treated like serial killers” and could be sent to forced labour camps under harsh laws being drawn up by Russia’s Kremlin-controlled parliament. Boris Gryzlov, the speaker of the state duma, the lower house, said a “total war on drugs” was needed to …
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Opiate Detox: INSIDE STORY: Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway’s Treatment
The internist and Celebrity Rehab host recounts his time with the late, troubled actor
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Opiate Detox: Nineteen indicted in breakup of painkiller distribution ring
The dismantling of an elaborate prescription painkiller distribution ring merely “opened the front” in the war on illegal pills in Western Pennsylvania, a crime that is growing here and nationwide, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton said.
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Opiate Detox: Medical Marijuana For Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Steve is a horticulturist of sorts. He raises orchids, Japanese maples, and other plants at his southern Rhode Island home. Tending the plants helps ease his rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain, he says.
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Methods to Get Through Heroin Withdrawal Without Relapsing on Other Drugs
A heroin user going through heroin withdrawal can have symptoms that range from jerking walking movements, vomiting, diarrhea and even unconsciousness. If the user has been on heroin for a long time, going without heroin without therapy or a drug substitute can be fatal. Heroin affects the central nervous system and the drug effect or rush or buzz is really the drug shutting down the central nervous system and settling in the brain.
To carefully perform a heroin withdrawal, a heroin user needs to find a facility that can assist him or her with therapy and by with a substitute drug to stop the control that heroin has in the user’s brain. Even with a controlled withdrawal environment, the symptoms are not pleasant to watch. Symptoms are said to start about two days after stopping heroin.
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