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Marijuana Abuse May Up Risk of Depression
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Monday December 3 10:18 AM ET Marijuana Abuse May Up Risk of Depression By Suzanne Rostler NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who abuse marijuana may be putting themselves at risk for depression, results of a new study indicate. According to the report, adults who were not depressed when the study began but who abused marijuana were about four times more likely to report symptoms of depression 15 years later, compared with their non-smoking peers. These adults were especially likely to have had ...
Stronger Pot May Make Reefer Madness Real, U.S. Fears
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I gotta start smoking again. I feel left out. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alarmed by reports that marijuana is becoming more potent than ever and that children are trying it at younger and younger ages, U.S. officials are changing their drug policies. Pot is no longer the gentle weed of the 1960s and may pose a greater threat than cocaine or even heroin because so many more people use it. So officials at the National Institutes of Health (news - web sites) and at the White House are hoping to shift s ...
More U.S. Teens in Substance Abuse Treatment -Report
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Thursday December 27 5:52 PM ET More U.S. Teens in Substance Abuse Treatment -Report NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of US teens admitted to substance abuse treatment rose 20% during the late 1990s, federal health officials reported Thursday. Marijuana abuse accounted for a growing proportion of these admissions, increasing from 43% in 1994 to 60% in 1999, according to data released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (news - web sites) (HHS). The numbers come from the lates ...
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Marijuana Special Report from MethAbuse.Net A recent article from NewScientist.com says that US scientists have shown that primates exhibit the same behavior when given the active chemical from cannabis as they would if given similar doses of morphine and cocaine. This gives us the first real evidence to support the long debated argument of whether marijuana smokers can become physically addicted or not.The article goes on to state that, "proving that marijuana is addictive like cocaine or even nicotine has been difficult." But, goes on to explain ...
Marijuana Special Report from HeroinAbuse.Net Marijuana Special Report Recent research with primates shows evidence marijuana is addictive A recent article from NewScientist.com says that US scientists have shown that primates exhibit the same behavior when given the active chemical from cannabis as they would if given similar doses of morphine and cocaine. This gives us the first real evidence to support the long debated argument of whether marijuana smokers can become physically addicted or not.The article goes on to state that, "proving that ...
A Study of the Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana by A drug and alcohol survey was administered to 283 secondary school students in a large suburban school district in the eastern United States. The survey covered demographic information, life events, coping strategies, and prevalence of substance abuse, asking students about initial and current use of a wide range of substances including alcohol, cigarettes, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, opiates, PCP, illicit prescription medications, and tranquilizers. Of the 283 students, 55 were students with behavior disorders enrolled in special schools, and 99 students (primarily learning disabled) were ...
Hawaii Drug Rehab & Drug Education Marijuana Information marijuana addiction Signs of marijuana abuse: Rapid, loud talking and bursts of laughter in early stages of intoxication. Sleepy or stuporous in the later stages. Lack of concentration and coordination. Forgetfulness in conversation. Inflammation in whites of eyes. Odor similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath. Distorted sense of time passage - tendency to overestimate time intervals. Craving for sweets. Increased appetite. Use or possession of paraphernalia including roach clip, packs of rolling papers, pipes or bongs. How does marijuana affect the body? Some ...
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Obama Extends Hands to Cuba In an op-ed piece published in The Miami Herald, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama criticized the Bush administration's decision to tighten restrictions on relatives of Cubans who visit the island or send money back home. Obama described it as a strategic blunder and, if elected promised to reverse these measures. "Unfortunately, the Bush administration has made grand gestures to that end while strategically blundering when it comes to actually advancing the cause of freedom and democracy in Cuba," Obama said in a statement, adding that in order to improve ...
It's game time for Mike Vick, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. With three of Vick's associates prepared to testify that he brutally executed dogs and bankrolled gambling, the NFL star said Monday that he would "accept full responsibility" for his role in a dog-fighting ring and plead guilty to federal-conspiracy charges. In the meantime, chances of Vick begining the NFL season with his teammates are slim as he faces prison time, from one to five years. However, an inside source says it's possible prosecutors will recommend a sentence of a year ...
CASA* 2007 Teen Survey Reveals America's Schools Infested With Drugs WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - August 16, 2007) - Eleven million high school students (80 percent) and five million middle school students (44 percent) attend drug-infested schools, meaning that they have personally witnessed illegal drug use, illegal drug dealing, illegal drug possession, students drunk and/or students high on the grounds of their school according to the "National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XII: Teens and Parents," the twelfth annual back-to-school survey conducted by The National Center on Addiction ...
State school abuse frustrates families A Dallas Morning News investigation into employee disciplinary records this week found hundreds of cases of abuse at the hands of those charged with caring for the mentally retarded – everything from extreme physical violence to flagrant neglect. But the state Department of Aging and Disability Services, which oversees the schools, and the Department of Family and Protective Services, which runs abuse investigations for the agency, don't keep records on whether criminal charges are filed in confirmed cases of abuse.
The school first tried to tell Mr. Chishty's parents that he had been injured by a seat belt in a van and that he wasn't taken to the hospital for more than a day. By the time Mr. Miller confessed to the beating years later – and to the fact that he and other employees on his shift had been using crack, marijuana, valium and a slew of other narcotics at work – Mr. Chishty was nearly paralyzed.
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Marijuana: Misinformation and Poly-Behavioral Addiction Most would agree that both of the above statements are not absolutely true. However, if you have read most of the current published articles on the internet discussing the use of marijuana (where the majority of our youth get their information these days), the authors intended bias although not always explicit will Drug Addiction Symptoms ...your children hanging out with shady characters. Prevention is still the best cure. [http://www.e-DrugAddiction.com]Drug Addiction provides detailed information on Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Addiction, Drug Addiction Treatments, Drug ...
For example, the Food and Drug Administration announced in April, 2006 that no sound scientific studies supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists from the Institute of Medicine, a part of the Treatment Options for Prescription Drug Addiction ...advice or intervention. Inpatient treatment centers are the best option for people with severe addiction problems. These centers require that the patient live in the facility for a specified length of time while receiving treatment. Inpatient treatment centers can be ... National Academy ...