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Meth Marijuana - Articles
More Young Moms-to-Be Treated for Meth, Marijuana Abuse
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HealthFinder
Posted
Tue 29 Jun 2010 10:00am
1992 and 2007, while admission rates for marijuana abuse more than doubled, from 19.3 percent to 45.9 percent, a new government study shows.
During that same time, admission.... That means that marijuana is now the primary cause of admission to substance abuse treatment among pregnant teens.
The study also found that the overall proportion of substance
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About Addiction: Marijuana use, cigarette smoking, and crystal meth
by
Adi Jaffe
Posted
Mon 27 Dec 2010 1:19pm
to learn more about marijuana use, (cigarette) smoking, and addiction stigma then read on!
Marijuana use: Harmless?
Fox News - While many think that Marijuana a harmless drug (read our marijuana driving input), a guy high on weed drove his car into a group of cyclists in Italy. Eight cyclists were killed and an additional four people were injured
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Drug Abuse: Meth’s Pollution Epidemic
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Environmental Health
Posted
Wed 31 Aug 2005 9:00pm
Drug Abuse: Meth’s Pollution Epidemic
Formal Correction: This article has been formally corrected...: Potera C 2005. Drug Abuse: Meth’s Pollution Epidemic. Environ Health Perspect 113:A589-A589.
doi:10.1289/ehp.113-a589a
Methamphetamine problems are soaring
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Marijuana’s Steve Fox on FDL Book Salon
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Chelsea Green
Posted
Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:00pm
Why is marijuana illegal while alcohol, which many argue is a more dangerous substance, remains legal?
That’s the gist of the question Steve Fox, co-author of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? attempted to answer during a recent appearance on FireDogLake’s book salon.
Short answer: times are changing, attitudes are changing, and [...]
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Teenage Drug Abuse: The Meth Habit That Kills
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addictiondoc
Posted
Sat 25 Dec 2010 3:21pm
from meth use include depression, anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, and irritability or mood swings.
10. Most methamphetmine users commonly abuse alcohol and marijuana as well...
Do you think it is virtually impossible that your teen has used methamphetamines? If so, think again. A survey in 2007 showed that one out of 33 kids have used meth
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Marijuana Withdrawal? What Marijuana Withdrawal?
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Dirk H.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:08pm
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smoking? Don't worry, Paul Armentano has the answer: You're full of bullshit.
Armentano, in an article for AlterNet entitled "B.S. on the idea of 'marijuana addiction... to 70 percent of all individuals in drug treatment for marijuana are placed there by the criminal justice system. Of those in treatment, some 36 percent had not even used
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Meth to the West, Cocaine to the East, Pot in the Middle
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Dirk H.
Posted
Mon 21 Jul 2008 10:18am
The geography of drug use.
To paraphrase an old tune by Gerry Rafferty, we got meth to the left of us, cocaine to the right, and here we are, stuck in the middle with pot... the greatest threat to your area?"Blue indicates cocaine, red indicates methamphetamine, and green stands for marijuana.(Click map for larger image.)
According to theOregonianin
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