Baird: How Misguided Drug Policies Can Have Tragic Results

Baird: How misguided drug policies can have tragic results
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This sort of belief is one of the challenges we've faced in confronting failures in our drug policies. Tuesday's passage of initiatives in Washington state and Colorado to legalize recreational marijuana use offers promising signs that change is in the … Read more on MetroWest Daily News

Social cocaine use boosts heart attack risk
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Both groups were given blood tests and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging tests to look for early signs of heart attack risk such as thickening of arteries and higher systolic blood pressure. The subjects' history of diabetes, smoking and other drug … Read more on The Conversation

Report: 'Indication of cocaine use' in Doña Ana County jail death
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LAS CRUCES — The toxicology report of the inmate who died at the Doña Ana County Detention Center in August showed an "indication of cocaine use." Hermilo C. Salcedo, 57, choked to death Aug. 5 after trying to swallow a bag of cocaine, according to … Read more on Las Cruces Sun-News