GUEST OPINION: Legalizing marijuana has a heavy cost

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was signed into law in January 2010. After nearly three years, the state is about to open its first legal “medical” marijuana dispensary in … Remember that 6.6 percent of 12th graders are using …
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Jenelle Evans Looks Back on Her Struggle With Drug Addiction: "I Was Spiraling …

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This season on Teen Mom 2, we'll see Jenelle's life spiral out of control when she violates her probation — stemming from her 2010 arrest for breaking and entering and drug possession — landing herself in jail again. At the time of the arrest (she …
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OAS Approves New Multilateral Instrument for Assessing Drug Policy in the Region

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… approved today in San Jose, Costa Rica, a new tool for assessing drug policy in the region during the fifty-second Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), which was inaugurated yesterday by the President of …
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OxyContin use down in Vt. but heroin use increases

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Deaths attributed in whole or in part to heroin overdoses averaged fewer than three a year from 2004 to 2010. There were nine such deaths last year, and six this year, according to figures from the state Health Department. Investigators, counselors …
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