855-763-648816 May 2012
Marijuana: Addictive or Not
The age old debate is ongoing today as to whether marijuana is addictive or not. According to Psychology Today, the question has been raised for decades.
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For a number of years teen use of marijuana had been in decline but a recent study shows that the trend is now tracking in the other direction. Some parents may recall public service ads from 10 to 20 years ago based on the “this is your brain….this is your brain on drugs” tagline. Those ads were the product of a non-profit group named The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
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Poison control centers are fielding a record number of calls about “bath salts” while the Federal government efforts to ban the chemicals have been halted. In 2011, nearly 7,000 people called in to poison control centers with emergencies related to this synthetic marijuana. That was more than double the number from the previous year.
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07 Apr 2012
K2 and Spice Causing Intoxication in Children
There are increasing numbers of children who are using the compounds in synthetic marijuana to get high and three teenagers recently came to the ER after ingesting fake pot, according to ABC News.
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Recently in Wyoming, there have been three young people all hospitalized because of kidney failure due to an outbreak that is linked to the drug Spice. Authorities there say the designer drug has caused quite an outbreak in the area and many Casper residents have sought treatment for medical issues ranging from back pain to vomiting.
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23 Mar 2012
HIV News For Injection Drug Users
For those who use injection drugs, there is a high risk of contracting HIV. The lifestyle of an injection user often involves parties in which needles are shared and disease is spread. However, multiple efforts have been made to increase education among injection users about the dangers involved in this type of drugs.
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20 Mar 2012
K2 or Synthetic Marijuana Riskier Than Real Pot
About 11% of high school seniors have tried using synthetic marijuana, according to a survey of 15,000 seniors from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Teenagers who have problems getting off the Internet are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, which could point to the possibility that they have “addictive personalities,” according to new research from Aristotle University in Greece.
