Sizing Up the Drug Problem
Sizing up the drug problem
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National estimates on drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments are obtained from the Drug Abuse Warning Network, called DAWN. This is a public health surveillance system managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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Underage drinkers get relaxed law changes
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Patients between 12 and 20 years old accounted for one-third of all drug-related emergency room visits in 2009, according to a Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) survey. Seventy percent of those visits involved alcohol only, while the remaining involved …
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Experts: Ex-PSU president could still face charges
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More than a month after an explosive investigative report accused Penn State's ousted president of burying child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky, Graham Spanier has so far avoided criminal charges – unlike two of his colleagues. That doesn …
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Tonight on AC360: Anderson Cooper interviews Beyoncé about World …
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Psychiatrist gave warning about Aurora suspect · Music helps heal shooting victim … Child sex abuse cover-up allegations · The RidicuList: Sandwich 911 emergency …. Deadly prescription drug combinations · Whitney Houston eulogist on losing his …
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What the White House says about Legalizing Marijuana – Full E-mail: “What they Have to Say About Legalizing Marijuana By Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy When the President took office, he directed all of his policymakers to develop policies based on science and research, not ideology or politics. So our concern about marijuana is based on what the science tells us about the drug’s effects. According to scientists at the National Institutes of Health- the world’s largest source of drug abuse research – marijuana use is associated with addiction, respiratory disease, and cognitive impairment. We know from an array of treatment admission information and Federal data that marijuana use is a significant source for voluntary drug treatment admissions and visits to emergency rooms. Studies also reveal that marijuana potency has almost tripled over the past 20 years, raising serious concerns about what this means for public health — especially among young people who use the drug because research shows their brains continue to develop well into their 20’s. Simply put, it is not a benign drug. Like many, we are interested in the potential marijuana may have in providing relief to individuals diagnosed with certain serious illnesses. That is why we ardently support ongoing research into determining what components of the marijuana plant can be used as medicine. To date, however, neither the FDA nor the Institute of Medicine have found smoked marijuana to meet the modern standard for safe or …
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