Detox Afghan – style : Drug addicts chained up at shrine for 40 DAYS in bid to …
Chained to the wall with both arms and legs shackled tightly and just a meagre portion of bread for sustenance, you'd be forgiven for thinking that these men were incarcerated for some heinous criminal act. But these men aren't criminals, this is … Read more on Daily Mail

A jail by another name: China labor camps now drug detox centers
New York-based Human Rights Watch estimates more than 60 percent of the 160,000 people in labor camps at the start of the year were there for drug offenses. Those people were unlikely to see any change in their treatment, it said. "The drug detox … Read more on Reuters

Letter: Roseburg veteran wanted to detox
On Nov. 4, 2014, my husband, Jerry Sofranko, took his life. Jerry was battling prescription drugs: methadone, oxycodone, mood and stress drugs prescribed for years by the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center. These prescribed pain medications … Read more on NRToday.com

Parents, kids & drug abuse
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Homewood gears up for marijuana forum: Featured speaker, drug policy expert …
LEGALIZED POT INEVITABLE? POLL: THREE in 4 americans believe it's A matter of time In this Dec. 27, 2013, file photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. Nationwide marijuana legalization … Read more on AL.com

DSS reports show grim circumstances of child deaths
The grandmother and boyfriend refused to take drug screens when requested after the death, DSS reported. That case is one of 14 child fatalities related to abuse and neglect posted recently on the DSS website as a result of efforts by the agency to … Read more on MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Prescription drug use is a problem in schools …
Rick Allen, director of the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency, also spoke to the students on Thursday and provided some statistics about prescription drugs in Georgia. There were 9.9 million tablets of hydrocodone and 4.9 million tablets of Xanax … Read more on Marietta Daily Journal

Former BYU QB Hall can avoid prosecution by participating in drug treatment …
If Hall chooses to participate in the drug treatment program, it will include mandatory testing and substance abuse treatment — all at Hall's expense. If Hall successfully completes the program, criminal charges will not be filed against him … Read more on Deseret News

Health Officials Release New Plan to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
The kit contains information on symptoms of abuse; prevention tips for parents, healthcare workers, and law enforcement officials; as well as a list of substance abuse treatment centers in Ogden, and places where prescription drugs may be dropped off. Read more on KUER

Drug Rehab Services Mobile App Now Refined and Ready to Save Lives
When opening the app users are prompted to select their country, either Canada or the US. From there the user is prompted to a brief disclaimer and then is able to gain access to the Drug Rehab Services Directory of treatment. In the two top corners, a … Read more on PR Web (press release)

American Addiction Centers Named to Inc. 500 List Recognition for Three-Year …
American Addiction Centers, a leading national provider of inpatient substance abuse treatment services for individuals with drug and/or alcohol addiction, has been named to the Inc. 500 List of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company … Read more on DigitalJournal.com

Robin Williams' death highlights challenge of treating severe depression
Dr. Harry Croft, a psychiatrist and addiction expert and chief of CNS Trials at the Clinical Trials of Texas, says the phrase suggests to him that Williams wasn't actually planning to visit a rehab center for addiction but was instead seeking help at a … Read more on CBS News

Adolescent substance abuse centers receive grants
prescription drugs The grants will fund comprehensive adolescent substance abuse treatment programs, both expanding treatment beds at existing facilities and creating new adolescent treatment programs with the full continuum of care, including … Read more on The Lane Report

Question by feefee: Research Paper about Drugs….?
So I have to write a research paper about drugs: its effect on people, facts about it, and real life stories.
I need some websites to cite like : http://www.drugfree.org
I want websites that talk about how many people are affected by drugs worldwide/or in America ( which would be facts about it).
Any website that would show the effects of it or anything interesting about drugs like real life stories.
Please give me links, thanks.

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Answer by clUeLesSpErSoN!
how about interviewing people and there experirences with drugs. Get there side of the story.

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Blackburn bill on prescription drug abuse advances
WASHINGTON — A bill pushed by Rep. Marsha Blackburn to curb prescription drug abuse cleared a House subcommittee Wednesday. By voice vote, the health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure, which … Read more on Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

Sambora joins anti-drug forces
Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, with all his wealth and fame, could have ignored the drug epidemic in his own backyard. But he didn't. Instead, he has put his name, his talent, his music and his own story of drug addiction and rehabilitation to work … Read more on Asbury Park Press

New health fears as users inject legal high drugs
Katy MacLeod, Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) National Training and Development Officer, today warned: "Don't start injecting." Researchers believe injecting is the "most dangerous" way of taking legal highs. An advice booklet, put together by SDF and NHS … Read more on Glasgow Evening Times

Open houses attract thieves looking for prescriptions
The coalition took to the airwaves to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse and drug thefts occurring at open houses. As part of the campaign, agents are providing clients with plastic bags to store prescription drugs prior to an open house. Read more on WZZM

Question by ?: What drug references are there in Alice and Wonderland?
i know there’s the smoking cat or whatever, and when she eats the mushroom things and drinks from that glass…
i haven’t seen the movie in years though.
what are some other drug references in the movie?
i’m just curious.

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Answer by emblimegreen
doesnt the catipillar smoke pot or somethin and i think theres somethin in the tea if you know what i mean

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Senate Unanimously Passes Child-Welfare Reform Bill
Detert also offered an amendment tweaking perhaps her top priority: stipends for nonrelative caregivers, the neighbors and teachers and family friends who take in abused and neglected children but who aren't blood relatives and don't qualify for … Read more on Sunshine State News

National Prescription Drug Take Back event set for Saturday
The Take Back is hosted in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Agency to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. kAmqC:?8 … Read more on Brazosport Facts (subscription)

AstraZeneca shares soar on Pfizer interest
LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca shares have jumped 15 percent in early trading after U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer publicly disclosed details of a $ 100 billion bid approach. Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, said Monday that AstraZeneca rejected an initial … Read more on Glens Falls Post-Star