Kurt Cobain's legacy still inspires 20 years after his death
Kurt Cobain's legacy still inspires 20 years after his death
It was only later that I'd discover the reason Courtney kept missing our scheduled interviews; she was out searching for Kurt, who had escaped rehab. When the news came that the body at the Cobain house had in fact … My goal with these pages is to …
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High Point to pay Middleboro 6000 a year
Middleboro residents have voiced concern about a drug addiction treatment center in the downtown and fear it will lower the values of their homes. In south Plymouth many neighborhoods have grown up around High Point, and Arrighi said she hasn't seen a …
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US Food and Drug Administration approves at home heroin-antidote
"There are risks and benefits to all medications," said Eric Strain, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research. But, he added, "in the big scheme of things, this is probably a valuable tool, especially if it's used …
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What’s worse the effects of the War On Drugs or addiction?
Question by Q K: What’s worse the effects of the War On Drugs or addiction?
War On Drugs raises the price of drugs making traffickers super rich including terrorists. We’ll lose the Afghan war cause the Taliban has all the money coming from their opium trade. The fight against terrrorism is at stake cause we stick to enforcing drug laws that are unenforceable. We need to legalize, regulate and tax them like any tobacco product is. Instead of deficits fighting drug cartels we’ll have profits to be used to educate and rehabilitate drug addicts.
Best answer:
Answer by Optimism 2008
The effects of the War On Drugs
Answer by The Rose River Bear
I bet you would like them legalized.
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FDA approves first heroin overdose treatment device for…
It even comes with a trainer device that lacks a needle and medicine that people can practice with so they get familiar with the process before they ever use it. However, the FDA does note that while naloxone does help counteract the effects of an …
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Overdose drug is approved
Narcan sends the victim into immediate withdrawal and reverses the effects of the drug by helping the person regain ability to breath. Paramedics … Relatives and friends or even bystanders who have permission to use the drug can provide aid immediately.
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I used the Internet to quit smoking
Money wasn't yet a burden on my everyday existence, the long term effects meant little to nothing and I had myself convinced that quick spritz of spray deodorant and some gum masked the smell well enough. The truth was that smoking, once a … The …
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My 19 year old son is a heroine addict while I’m still paying child support NJ?
Question by Kimoko: My 19 year old son is a heroine addict while I’m still paying child support NJ?
My 19 year old son is a heroine addict while I’m still paying child support . I don’t have custody of my child, but i pay child support for him to begin community college. Obviously, he can’t continue school under his conditions. So does anyone know if there is a way for me to legally stop paying child support in order to have money to help my child get into a good rehab center. The amount of child support i’m paying prohibits me from fully supporting my son. Is there anyway i can bring his heroine addiction to court for a reason to stop paying child support.I live in NJ.
Please refrain from complaining about the child support cutoff being at age eighteen in your state. It is simply not the same case in NJ.
I was never married to the mother of my son, so there were no divorce decree’s to look upon.
My son needs help which he can find at a rehabilitation center, and he’s wasting time ” going to college.” ( he’s only attended twice.)
Best answer:
Answer by TheCoonBroom
Why are you paying child support on an adult to begin with? In Texas the cutoff is 18. NJ is a hellhole!
Answer by Felonious Monkey
I’d go back and check your original divorce decree. Child support typically ends when the child turns 18 or graduates high school – whichever is later. Normally you only have to pay child support beyond this cutoff if the child has a disability.
NFL roundup: Ravens' Rice indicted on aggravated assault charge
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was indicted by a grand jury on a third-degree aggravated assault charge for allegedly striking his fiancee unconscious last month, Atlantic County, N.J., prosecutors announced Thursday. Rice was arrested and …
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Adults released from in-patient alcoholism treatment centers who got free sober smartphones reported fewer drinking days and more overall abstinence than those who got the usual follow-up support. The results were based on patients' self-reporting on …
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FDA approves Topamax for migraine prevention in adolescents
“Migraine headaches can impact school performance, social interactions, and family life,” said Eric Bastings, M.D., deputy director of the Division of Neurology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Adding dosing and safety …
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Portugal: Drug Abuse Down by 50%. Was Bigger Government the Answer?
Question by FrankRep: Portugal: Drug Abuse Down by 50%. Was Bigger Government the Answer?
Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal
Forbes.com | July 5, 2011
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/07/05/ten-years-after-decriminalization-drug-abuse-down-by-half-in-portugal/
Portugal Drug Policy: Decriminalization Works
Business Insider | Jul. 17, 2012
http://www.businessinsider.com/portugal-drug-policy-decriminalization-works-2012-7
Portugal decriminalizes drugs — drug abuse drops 50%
Salon.com | Feb. 20, 2012
http://open.salon.com/blog/richard_rider/2012/02/20/portugal_legalizes_drugs_–_drug_abuse_drops_50
Portugal decriminalized drugs a decade ago. What have we learned?
The New Yorker | Oct. 17, 2011
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/17/111017fa_fact_specter
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Portugal has proven that drug decriminalization actually works better than bigger and bigger anti-drug government programs.
“The Experts” refuse to listen:
Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization No Model for U.S., Expert Says
http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/drugs/portugals-drug-decriminalization-no-model-for-u-s-expert-says
Drug Free
March 30, 2011
Best answer:
Answer by Mother Hubbard
It’s nicer in places where more of us can feel safe- not be arrested.
I may go on a work-study herding goats there- it matters to me how people are treated.
Answer by J
One of the big arguments against this, despite clear results, is the belief that legalization of drugs will simply mean people are now freely and legally funding drug cartels who are causing horrendous violence in other countries. There is also the contention that the drug cartel violence will spill out of the various countries in Latin America into the U.S. as the cartels attempt to maintain their cash flow.
The solution to this is pretty simple and one that people overlook; with legalization comes legal growing, cultivating, manufacturing and selling of these drugs. If the cartels start causing violence up here to stop it, we’ll see stricter laws on immigration and violent crime. We’ll also have more law enforcement resources in the first place because I can assure you drugs would be taxed heavily. That tax money would go to treatment, like in Portugal, and law enforcement, to deal with those who get high and cause problems. As it is, officers deal with people intoxicated from alcohol regularly.
In conclusion, hopefully the country will one day educate itself and look at these good examples of legalization working. I think what will help is the baby-boomer population and older generations passing away and the younger, more progressive generations taking on the issue.
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Q&A: Cáñamo editor on marijuana myths, media and drug law hypocrisy
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Prescription painkiller poisonings a threat, says National Safety Council
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Judge says du Pont heir 'will not fare well' in prison
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What are the affects of drugs on U.S. teens?
Question by Renaffer: What are the affects of drugs on U.S. teens?
I’m currently writing a research paper on drug abuse and its affects on american teens and I’m having trouble finding up to date sources, help?
Best answer:
Answer by Finn
It makes a trouble mind more troubled. I’m still dealing with trying to get my mind back to being truly healthy. I wish I wouldn’t have done drugs in high school.
Answer by titacabreros
Well, to use a bad metaphor, drug abuse pickles the mind of the user, making he/she grossly uncoordinated and pitifully aggressive with the world because of the mistaken belief that the world owes him/her a living. It is one of the deadly scourges of our times. Here are a few excerpts on drug abuse:
Effects of Drug Abuse
Effect on the Individual:
The effects that drug abusers are exposed to vary from physical effects like increased heart rate, heavy breathing, increase in blood pressure, excessive sweating, garbled speech, lethargy etc., while the emotional effects range from anxiety, depression, hallucination etc. A few examples of the most commonly abused drugs are Marijuana, Cold and Cough Medicines, Cocaine and Crack, Inhalants, Amphetamines and others.
Marijuana is considered to be the most extensively used illegal drug in the United States. Known as the doorway drug, because of its regularity of use the addicts develop a resistance and move on to more potent drugs. Marijuana alters the mood and sense coordination of the addicts letting them experience mood swings. It also brings about an increase in the heart rate and blood pressure. Sometimes the eyes turn red after its use and make the addicts feel hungry as well and this is known as the “munchies” amongst addicts. Some users also experience paranoia and hallucinations. Marijuana is commonly smoked and this damages the lungs and similar to cigarette smokers, marijuana addicts suffer from coughing, wheezing, and frequent colds.
Cold and Cough Medicines are sold over the counter and have a key ingredient known as DXM (dextromatorphan). The effect of this drug is supposed to be medicinal, but large doses that the addicts consume cause face, dry and itchy skin, loss of consciousness, seizures, brain damage, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain etc and it can even lead to death. Inhalants are substances that the users sniff to get an instant high or rush and they are used in glue, paint thinners, dry cleaning fluids, gasoline, marker fluids, correction fluids, hair sprays, aerosol deodorant, and spray paints as well. They are toxic and lead to nosebleeds, sever headaches, giddiness etc.
The addict inhales cocaine and crack is smoked and crack is a derivative of cocaine. Both affect the Central Nervous system and lead to what is called a “crash” and in order to sustain the feeling, the addict takes larger doses and this again leads to physical and psychological longing. The effects are similar to the other drugs, like heavy breathing, increased blood pressure, etc. Other drugs also have the same effect and what the addict experiences only varies on his/her mental and physical condition.
Effect on Family, Work and the General Public:
The addiction of the individual affects his/her moods and even when not on the drug, it affects the behavior of the person. The addict’s performance at work drops and if the addict is in his teens, it has a negative impact on the school life. The abuse of drugs disrupts the family life of the addict and makes the person more of an anti-social element. The spouts of aggression make the addict a violent person, and upsets neighborhoods due to violence among drug peddlers, terrorizing residents, and the crimes of the addicts themselves. Studies have shown that over half of the highway deaths in the United States involve alcohol and drugs. Also, such addiction leads to the spreading of AIDS since the heroin addicts share needles etc and pregnant women acquire the AIDS virus through intravenous drug use and pass the virus on to the infant. Drug users are a burden on the country and increasing expenses and in 1999, the federal government budgeted $ 17.9 billion on drug control and earlier in 1998 drug-related health care costs in the United States was more than $ 9.9 billion. The effect of drugs on the addict and eventually on society is a matter of major concern because the addict ends up being held responsible for more people being exposed to the evil.
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