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Survey About Marijuana?

Question by A: Survey about Marijuana? I’m doing a final project for my class and had an opinion poll that I wanted to ask anyone who would like to participate: 1) Have you ever used marijuana? 2) Have you ever… Continue reading

Speaking Out on Heroin Plague Addiction Claimed Their Son, Took Toll on Family

Speaking out on heroin plague Addiction claimed their son, took toll on family Years later, they learned that was the year he had discovered cocaine and oxycodone, a powerful opioid prescription painkiller. … When she was home, he would ask… Continue reading

Medical Science Still Warns Against Pot

Medical science still warns against pot Rather, the review warns, marijuana could be considered a “gateway” drug to highly addictive heroin and cocaine. The paper actually uses the term “gateway,” long used in the United States by politicians opposed to… Continue reading

Rand Paul: 'War in Syria Has No Clear National Security Connection'

Rand Paul: 'War in Syria has no clear national security connection' “The United States should condemn the use of chemical weapons,” the Kentucky Republican added. “We should ascertain who used the weapons and we should have an open debate in… Continue reading

To Curb Disease, Program to Give Free Drug Needles

To curb disease, program to give free drug needles (AP) — The statistics are shocking: Seventy percent of illegal-injection drug users will contract hepatitis C from the use of dirty needles. About 10 percent will acquire HIV. The lifetime cost… Continue reading

Deadly Epidemic: Prescription Drug Overdoses

Deadly epidemic: Prescription drug overdoses Americans consume 80% of opiate painkillers produced in the world, according to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Every hour, a baby is born in the United States with symptoms of opiate withdrawal, according… Continue reading