Many encounters with drugs begin with an uneducated start. An initiated user, awash in ignorance themselves, offers a substance to a friend. The friend, asking few questions and anxious to try something new, accepts the offer and joins the party. Often, when dangerous side effects or an accidental overdose take place, the user has no idea what substance they’ve used. This scenario often plays out when a new drug hits the streets.
In one of the most egregious examples of “do as I say not as I do” to come out of the federal government in recent history, a federal judge has been caught (quite literally) with his hands in a proverbial cookie jar filled with illegal sex and drugs.It is yet another illustration that drug addiction impacts people from all walks of life, even highly respected members of the court.
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On October 12th, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration approved Vivitrol, an injectable medication, as a treatment for opiate addiction. Opiates include heroin and narcotic painkillers such as Vicodin and OxyContin.
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Even knowledgeable and seasoned doctors and nurses can abuse prescription drugs and become addicted. One sedative drug, propofol, seems to carry an especially high rate of abuse in the medical community.
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In yet another story of celebrity rehab, singer Amy Winehouse’s drug and alcohol addictions have taken a center stage spot on media outlets. Beyond the stardom, however, Winehouse’s story – like many others – reveals emotional problems and cycles of behavior that can be identified in many people who also suffer from drug addictions.
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After an unconscious female student was found in a car parked at a local grocery parking lot on Friday night, police officers and sheriff’s deputies from Kittitas County, Washington were led to an alarming scene at a rented summer house.
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Addiction to prescription pain medications continues to come into the light, especially as more and more celebrities confess their problem. Prescription drugs are considered a possible factor in the death of Michael Jackson, and have become part of news stories surrounding actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who wrote in a published blog that she became hooked on morphine after completing cosmetic surgery.
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Legislators in Baltimore County, Maryland recently banned a synthetic form of marijuana called “Spice” or “K2”. Those who are found to have sold, possessed or distributed the drug could face up to 60 days in jail, a $500 fine and will be guilty of a misdemeanor. Various cities and states across the US have already banned the substance.
From the “things that make you go hmmm…” file comes a radical idea proposed by a South Carolina gubernatorial Republican nominee. Nikki Haley is calling for all of the state’s unemployed workers to undergo drug testing before being approved to receive unemployment benefits; South Carolina’s unemployment rate stands at eleven percent.
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