Should Kratom Use Be Legal?
Should Kratom Use Be Legal?
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Thailand is reviewing the legal status of the herb kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) to help control meth addiction in that country, and U.S. researchers are studying its potential to wean addicts off of opiates with minimal withdrawal side effects. Image …
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Drug Rehab Center Bethlehem's New Treatments Help Addicts Avoid Relapsing
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Links Made Between Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse, and Lack of …
Links Made Between Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse, and Lack of …
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4, 2013 — Problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need, a new study shows. Anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent of people with substance abuse problems …
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End war on drugs, says Durham police chief Mike Barton
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What Is Your Personal Definition of Addiction?
Question by TexasTechGirly: What is your personal definition of addiction?
I am doing a project for my addictions class, almost everyone has gone through an addiction or knows a loved one who has. (This includes drugs, alcohol, shopping, self-harm, eating disorder, anything that has an aspect of addicting characteristics) Your response will be completely anonymous on my project.
Please just write a personal definition of addiction, and if you would like, a little explanation from personal experience to go with it!
Thank you so much!
Should Marijuna Be Legalized??? Why or Why Not?
Question by Jessica R: Should Marijuna be legalized??? Why or why not?
And please don’t say it is a gateway drug…The gateway drug is already legal and that is alcohol. There aren’t any potheads that smoked before they drank and there aren’t any crackheads that smoked crack before they got drunk.
Best answer:
Answer by msi_cord
I see no benefit to making it legal. Unless you can show that there is a benefit to changing the law, it should not be changed.
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Lawyer: Man Charged in Burglary Attempt at Kid Rock's Suburban Detroit Home …
Lawyer: Man charged in burglary attempt at Kid Rock's suburban Detroit home …
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The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/14ZhujD ) defense lawyer Douglas Oliver said he also will ask that Keith receive substance-abuse treatment. "As a result of intoxicants, he has no independent recollection of his actions that day …
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Lives touched by heroin: Family campaigns for laws to stem overdose problem
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NC House, Senate Override Two Vetoes
NC House, Senate override two vetoes
Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment
House Bill 392 increases accountability in the distribution of public benefits by allowing drug tests only if there is a reasonable suspicion of drug abuse by an applicant of a public services program. Senate Republicans said this bill ensures that …
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The Massive Racial Disparities In Arrests For Pot Possession
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