Question by Morgan Lund: Why is the war on drugs so big i think we should legalize it?
It hurts no one and when. It’s illegal the cops are making it a promising thing to do to sell drugs cause they get loads of money as if we legalized it the price would go excedingly down and there would really be no drug dealers selling pot

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Answer by Daniel
Because they… You know what Go ask a cop.

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W.Va. water officials: Little known about spill recovery timeline
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Question by DLM: What is the current medical definition of “addiction?” (more)?
Also, does the definition differ from one substance to another, or in the case of gambling or other behaviors, where there is no chemical dependency, is there a separate definition for those as well?

I am just curious about the “umbrella” that the word addiction covers in the medical world, versus common everyday ‘people-talk’ use of the word. The more specifics you can provide, the better.

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Answer by John de Witt
You’ll want a DSM-IV for all the definitions you’d ever care to look at.

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Drug use on the rise in Nigeria's biggest city
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Spotlight on drug abuse will help prevention
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Question by Biking in 209: What kind of drug test shows a positive test for heroin/methadone?
My ex-wife is a heroin addict who is in methadone “treatment”. She is coming after my children that I have had 75% custody of since the seperation. She has told the court that she is in treatment, but family and friends state that she is currenty back on heroin and maybe abusing her methadone. My problem is that the county court’s drug test is a hair test and only shows up “opiates”. My lawyer is convinced that no other test will work. I am desperate to find a test that will either show heroin and methadone seperate, or will show she’s abusing her doses. This woman walked out of her family’s life and five years later has no job, income, and has another child out of wedlock. I have three children that are scared to death to be with her, and when they do, they always come back emotionally scarred. Please help! Thanks

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Answer by A***n G
I believe a urine test will work, call a clinic and ask

you may want to stress that meth is a dependant drug when you go before the courts.

I went through this with my ex, it is not an easy route, I wish you plenty of luck

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Letter: Wrong way to deal with inmate drug abuse
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