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10 New Drugs That Are Killing Teens
10 New Drugs That Are Killing Teens Teens are constantly looking for new drugs to get high and this search can lead them to experiment with dangerous unknown substances. This list is meant to help parents learn about these new...
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Violence and Mental Illness, The Ultimate Scapegoat
A link to the past. In a recent article about the Fort Hood Shooting on cnn.com, they reported that the shooter had psychiatric issues, and that he had a long history of depression and anxiety. Another article found on yahoo.com talks...
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The Path to Pot is Littered With Lies
How can we overcome agendas? There is an absurd amount of hype and mythology surrounding marijuana from those who oppose its use, as well as from those who support legalizing it. Each side rattles off statistics that cater to their...
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Getting Help: Treatment Can Influence Outcomes
It's easy to see examples of what mental illness can do to a person if you walk through the downtown area of any large city. You'll see homeless people struggling just to survive, and most of these individuals have reached these dire...
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Why Do We Need To Change Drug Education?
Think about this list of side effects for a popular drug advertised on television, “Call a doctor if you’re feeling like you might pass out, urinating more or less than usual, or not at all, fever, chills, body aches,...
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An Antioxidant Battles Damage Caused By Cocaine
A Fighting Chance For Addicts Is it possible to reverse habitual behaviors of drug abusers? Specifically the behaviors of those who abuse cocaine? Dr. Laura Corbit and Professor Bernard Balleine from the University of Sydney may have...
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Do You Know Why You Do Anything Twice? If Yes, You...
Understand why you keep going back for more! If you know why you do anything twice, you understand addiction. Addiction begins in the need to survive and feel pleasure, both of these primary human concerns are directed and supported...
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Doctors That Kill
Another doctor has been found guilty of writing prescriptions for painkillers for numerous patients that didn’t need them. Dr. Al Bussam in California has been writing prescriptions for addicts for several years. In his office in...
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Powdered Alcohol - The Next Four Loko?
Science and technology have contributed to society in many ways, but they can also create products that are simply health hazards. This may be the case with a new form of powdered alcohol that is set to hit the market soon. What is it?...
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