Study: More Than Half of Iowans at Risk for Poor Physical, Mental Health
Study: More than half of Iowans at risk for poor physical, mental health Incidents of psychological, physical and sexual child abuse were measured in the study, as well as traumas related to household dysfunction, including substance abuse, divorce, mental illness,… Continue reading
15 Years Later, Where Did All the Cigarette Money Go?
15 Years Later, Where Did All The Cigarette Money Go? When they sign up, participants get a "quit kit" full of things like toothpicks and gum. And, if they come for at least three of the five … Myron Levin… Continue reading
The World's Most Horrifying Drug Is Already Spreading Rapidly Across the …
The World's Most Horrifying Drug Is Already Spreading Rapidly Across the … Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., has treated three patients for use of the heroin-substitute called “krokodil.” The drug is … Intensive treatment and skin grafts… Continue reading
Loud Voices and Deaf Ears
Loud voices and deaf ears For example, the National Treatment Agency, shortly before it was shut down in May, proudly boasted of the fact that the number of crack-cocaine and heroin addicts in Britain has fallen below 300,000 for the… Continue reading
Fighting Addiction: National Drug, Alcohol Recovery Month Emphasizes …
Fighting Addiction: National Drug, Alcohol Recovery Month emphasizes … Statistically, at least one person in every group of 12 people battled alcohol or drug addiction in 2012, according the latest results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.… Continue reading
Harsher Penalties Not Answer to Pharmacy Robbery Problem
Harsher penalties not answer to pharmacy robbery problem However, there are scores of laws against the use of illegal drugs and abuse of pharmaceuticals, and yet the drug problem persists. Believing that someone desperate enough to rob a pharmacy of… Continue reading