Researh Paper Help! Has Anyone Had ANY Experience With Drug Abuse? Either Personal Experience or Family?
Question by Haylie M: Researh paper help! Has anyone had ANY experience with drug abuse? either personal experience or family?
[rewrite]I’d love to know you’re opinion on whether drug laws are doing anything to prevent drug abuse, etc.
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Answer by melkaylo
I don’t think we have hit the right track yet to slow down drugs. I think they are still entering the USA at an alarming rate. I lost my son to a heroin overdose because it was too pure. Plus I’m sure he took too much. He was only 21 and yes he was stupid, but I don’t think he deserved to die for it. I wish there was something that could be done to remove it and its influence.
New Law Will Give Investigators New Power to Probe Elderly Abuse Cases
New law will give investigators new power to probe elderly abuse cases
[rewrite]“Unfortunately there are cases of drug diversion or financial exploitation where this becomes a problem,” said Barbara Prine, an attorney with Vermont Legal Aid's Senior Law Project. “There are … “We view this bill as adding another tool in APS …[/rewrite]
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Va. pilot program aims to slash heroin, prescription drug overdoses
[rewrite]RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is calling the abuse of prescription drugs and heroin an “urgent public health crisis.” To fight the problem, he's calling on law enforcement agencies and emergency responders to train and equip …[/rewrite]
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Parent With Prescription Drug Addiction?
Question by writeyoualetter: Parent with prescription drug addiction?
[rewrite]So my mother is addicted to Morphine, Oxys, Hydrocodone/ine, Muscle Relaxers, Anti-Naseau pills and Tylenol. We are extremely poor. Me and my dad work, she doesn’t. Because he has to buy her so much stuff, I had to get a job to support myself. I’m a senior in college.
Everyday feels like an uphill battle to stay alive. I wake up every morning and think, okay, today I’m going to be alive to go back to bed. But some days it’s really hard to make it back.
If a Fourteen Year Old Went Into a Drugstore Would They Be Able to Buy Medication?
Question by Zeanna: If a fourteen year old went into a drugstore would they be able to buy medication?
[rewrite]Would a teen be able to purchase a non-prescription medicine or vitamin alone at a drugstore? (Doing a project on drug abuse prevention)
aspirin? cough syrups? weight loss pills? caffine supplements?
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Answer by ??
You should be able to get vitamin in a drugstore without a problem. I’m pretty sure you can also get advil
Answer by puredoller
Vitamins, yes but certain drugs require an ID and you to be 18 now, like cough syrup and any other medication people could abuse and use to get high. But you could buy asprin and vitamins, ect.
Sad Statistics on Teen Drug Abuse of Ecstasy
Sad statistics on teen drug abuse of Ecstasy
[rewrite]Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a stimulant and a hallucinogen; it produces feelings of increased energy and euphoria among users. Abuse of the drug can result in a number of health effects, ranging from undesirable to extremely serious.[/rewrite]
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Getting real on teen drug use
[rewrite]More than 200 people came together last Wednesday night on the second floor of Old Town Hall for the first in a series of forums targeted at the growing use and abuse of prescription drugs and heroin among teenagers in Andover. “Legal drugs have become …[/rewrite]
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