855-763-648816 Mar 2012
The Dangers of Buying Drugs Online
The recent explosion of online pharmacies has happened, in part, because of the illicit demand for prescription drugs. The ease with which serious prescription medications can be obtained sans prescription through these internet distributors is truly alarming. However, purchasing prescription medications via the Internet is a sketchy proposition at best.
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14 Mar 2012
Synthetic Drug Use on Dramatic Rise Nationwide
Emergency room physicians are seeing a disturbing increase in ER visits for patients needing treatment for synthetic drug use. In 2010, there were almost 3,000 emergency calls to poison control centers for exposure to synthetic marijuana usage and by August of 2011 that number had nearly doubled, according to Market Watch.
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02 Mar 2012
Synthetic Drug Ban on Senate Hold
Synthetic drugs are man-made substitutes for other naturally occurring drug substances. Sold under names like plant food and bath salts, K2 and Spice, the drugs are every bit as dangerous as the substances they have been designed to mimic. Synthetic drugs are designed to be substitutes for marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine and pose perhaps an even greater risk since users tend to think that synthetic means ‘safe’.
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In a recent report released in USA Today, roughly 70 percent of high school juniors and seniors said that being under the influence of marijuana while you’re behind the wheel of a car is dangerous. That percentage is down almost eight percent from previous years. The number of teens experimenting with pot is also up.
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28 Feb 2012
Treatment for Marijuana Use
Those who use marijuana often insist it is harmless, and some believe that it is useful as a relief for chronic pain. There are, however, many psychological and physiological adverse effects associated with the drug, and many who use the drug become addicted to it.
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Synthetic drugs, manufactured to emulate marijuana, cocaine and other designer drugs, are growing in popularity despite the fact that they are illegal in most states and pose many of the same dangers as their non-synthetic counterparts. At the same time, constant changes in their chemical formulation, make them challenging for forensic toxicologists to identify when police are called upon to find a cause of death.
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10 Feb 2012
Synthetic Marijuana Use Rising Among Troops
The United States Armed Forces has detected a growing enemy among its troops. This past year in excess of 1,100 soldiers have been investigated for harboring this enemy and endangering their own welfare. Military investigators have seen the use of Spice, an herbal mixture people use to reach a “high,” sometimes more powerful than marijuana, rise at an alarming rate in its soldiers.
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From the moment a parent holds their newborn in their arms for the first time, their instincts to protect their child from physical and emotional harm begin. During the adolescent and young adult years children are exposed to new friends with new ideas, grapple with their changing body, and form many of their own views on life and survival. It’s usually during these years that they first experiment with drugs.
