Drug Addiction: Addicts and Treatment Providers Plead to Halt State Funding Cuts – Cleveland Plain Dealer

Addicts and treatment providers plead to halt state funding cuts – Cleveland Plain Dealer

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bus loaded with more than 50 people involved with drug addiction and its treatment headed to Columbus this week to persuade lawmakers to reverse an expected $ 6.2 million in cuts to their programs. Some of them testified …
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Rethinking the War on Drugs

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That is especially true of drug abuse and addiction. Indeed, the problem is so complex that it has produced not just one clear, simple, wrong solution but two: the "drug war" (prohibition plus massive, undifferentiated enforcement) and proposals for …
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War On Drugs: Necessary Effort Or Lost Cause?

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This 4/20, people around the country are gathering in public and in private to take part in the annual tradition of marijuana use. Thanks in part to a decades-long war on drugs, however, this activity is highly illegal, and making the choice to …
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Crystal Meth drug set to wreak havoc in Ireland say experts there

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Crystal Meth is quickly becoming Ireland's newest problem drug. The drug's use, considered the most addictive and most dangerous, is soaring throughout the country as both gardai and health counsellors attempt to squash its growth.
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