Meth Use On The Rise In Santa Clarita, Liquid Meth Not A Local Issue
“(It's) a development that we will experience, but we have not had it yet,” said Sgt. Bob Wachsmuth of the Juvenile Intervention Team at the SCV Sheriff's Station. This is because the liquid drug is primarily used for … Methamphetamine is an … Read more on KHTS Radio

Across the US, an explosion of addiction
Peter Shumlin in January went so far as to devote nearly his entire State of the State address to what he called the "rising tide of drug addiction and drug-related crime spreading across Vermont." "In every …. Unable to find local help from doctors … Read more on Cincinnati.com

THE ISSUE: Should the Government bring about the legalisation of drugs?
Today, 240 million people use illicit drugs worldwide. All drug use carries risk, but even if levels of use continue to rise under legal regulation, levels of harm would be significantly reduced. Ultimately, we all want to get drugs under control, but … Read more on Oxford Mail

Question by GurlieX: Another question about my drug addicted boyfriend?
so… my boyfriend is a drug addict. he gets VERY angry sometimes and says/does some very hurtful things to me/himself. he has been doing coke a lot lately. recently his best friend was sent to prison for killing another friend drunk driving. this not only scares me because my boyfriend drives drunk whenever he goes to his parent’s house, but because he is doing coke much more now.

he used to do ecstasy about twice a week… then he started rolling less, and doing coke more. now that his friend is in prison, he is using that as an excuse to do it more. yesterday he got me to do it for the first time. today, i tried to tell him that it is not worth getting your girlfriend (me) so upset over and he said i was right and said he would stop (heard that before…)

today, we had a great day, better than any other great day. we went to the Commons and layed until the sun went away, then i made a great dinner, than we got drunk like anyone else should do on St. Patty’s Day… then he got too drunk and we got in a fight about something stupid. he said really mean things, so–for once–i said something mean to him. things got a little physical and he left to get more coke. i don’t know what to do. obviously i’m going to apologize for what i said, but why is he doing this? honestly, i feel like i am really good to him and idk why he is so mean sometimes. i feel like such an idiot asking such serious questions on here, but i don’t want to talk to any of my friends about this. help??
thanks for all the answers, they are really helpful. it sucks to love someone so much when half the time they just want to get f’d up… keep them coming. thanks, guys.

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Answer by Pooligans
leave him, you don’t need to deal with that.

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Announcement of drug abuse screening grant swerves into politics
BURLINGTON — Gov. Peter Shumlin's announcement of a $ 10 million grant for substance abuse screening and intervention was hijacked by a litany of other issues. At a news conference Friday at the Community Health Center, reporters had few questions … Read more on vtdigger.org

Tide slowly turning in Indiana's war against meth
As statistics in Madison County indicate, the impact of the illicit drug methamphetamine has devastated the community. In 2012, the … Judges are left to decide whether to punish offenders or give them a chance in problem-solving drug court. Meanwhile … Read more on Washington Times

One in ten hospital drugs cases due to cannabis
Official statistics showed that the drug accounted for 10.7 per cent of the 5,683 drugs-related discharges from hospital in 2012-13. The total … “Allowing the illegal substance that reputation can breed complacency among not only users, but … Read more on Scotsman (blog)

Soberistas social network helping women with alcohol problems beat the bottle
I'm also a mother of two with a husband, a home, a job and, until recently, a drink problem. I'm not … Instead of finding ourselves among a bunch of losers with an incurable disease – the stereotype, however unfairly, of the “recovering alcoholic … Read more on Express.co.uk

Leahy: US Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearing in Vt. on heroin problem
Federal statistics rank Vermont among the top 10 states for the abuse of painkillers and illicit drug use other than marijuana — including heroin — for people ages 18 to 25. Last month Gov. Peter Shumlin dedicated his State of the State address to … Read more on Greenfield Daily Reporter

Question by Henry Wood: My son is a drug addict. What should I do?
Oh no, my son is seriously addicted to so many drugs that it is scary. Just yesterday, I caught him huffing glue and trying to get high off of fertilizer. He also regularly likes to go out drinking drunk and recently got fired from his job because he went to work naked while he was smoking a blunt. I am scared for him. I tried talking to him last night, but he just shut the door on me and went back to smoking meth. Oh my gosh, help me!

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Answer by AJ
drug rehab
if your lucky you might see charlie sheen

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Cleveland drug court graduates get treatment program rather than jail time
“I really appreciate this program because it's given me the opportunity to fulfill my dream and go on with life.” Graduates from Cleveland's Drug Court heard a powerful message from a man who suffered with alcohol and drug addiction for more than two … Read more on NewsNet5.com

Drug treatment program unveiled in Rutland, may catch on here
BENNINGTON — The local state's attorney said she hopes to have a rapid drug addiction intervention program like one Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Monday in Rutland up and running in Bennington County this spring. Shumlin told the Banner that the … Read more on Bennington Banner

Question by Annie: Where did the expression “quit cold turkey” come from!?

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Answer by Chey
cold turkey is fattening.

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Letter: Gov. Shumlin Is Too Tolerant of Illegal Drug Use
Once again Gov. Peter Shumlin has made of point of publicizing what his administration is doing to expand services in Vermont for the treatment of drug addiction. And once again, he has taken the opportunity to be dismissive of the role that law … Read more on Valley News

Computer-based behavioral therapy effective tool for addiction treatment
By Bill Hathaway; Yale researchers have developed a computer-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program to treat substance abuse and dependence, and report that it results in better outcomes both in the near term and over time. The program is … Read more on India Education Diary

Codeine Withdrawal and Codeine Detox

Heroin Threatens Vermont's Rural Paradise
But after Governor Peter Shumlin's State of the State address last month, one he took the unusual step of devoting entirely to the local surge in heroin addiction, there was little left to anyone's imagination. Heroin addiction in Vermont is up 770 … Read more on Daily Beast

Demi Lovato slams drug use following Philip Seymour Hoffman's death
Having admitted late last year that her own dependence on the illegal substance became so severe she 'couldn't go 30 minutes without cocaine' and even resorted to smuggling it onto airplanes, the star knows only too well the slippery slope that could … Read more on Daily Mail

Drug of destruction
Just in the past decade, the number of people getting addicted to heroin has increased by 60 percent even as the uptake of cocaine, methamphetamine, and crack dropped, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In Massachusetts, State … Read more on Boston Globe