Marijuana Addiction

Regulate, don't outlaw, marijuana
Quad City Times
This would create a capitalist market for local marijuana growers, and provide states with the much needed revenue to deal with deficit spending. States could then spend more time on drug addiction treatment rather than labeling users as criminals ...

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Taking Sides: Should Brown be tougher on student consumption of drugs and ...
The Brown Daily Herald
You will be given access to educational tools so that you can learn about the real risks and harms associated with drugs and alcohol, as opposed to relying on government tools that equate marijuana with heroin in terms of potential for abuse. Let's not ...

PsychCentral.com (blog)
The Secret Under Your Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Addictive substances work. They work on relieving anxiety, depression, low-energy, high-energy, or whatever it is a person is after. They will transfer you to a place different than the place you currently reside. This is the surface reason as to why ...

Forcing the feds' hand on marijuana [Blowback]
Los Angeles Times
Since 1970, the Controlled Substances Act has upheld marijuana as one of the most dangerous drugs available, defining it as having a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. This stance has been consistently challenged by the medical ...

TestCountry.com
Study says meth use is declining; heroin, opiates use rises in Missouri
KSPR
A new study shows more than a quarter of all treatment center admissions are for heroin and opiate addiction. Email · print ... Opiates are the third most common cases he works after meth and marijuana, but they come with challenges. Wagner says it's ...
Heroin and meth are a big problemRipley Bee

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Drug busts net 42 arrests
Alamogordo Daily News
"We also seized small amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana during the arrests on Wednesday," LaSalle said. "Some of the ... Drug users often place the drugs on a higher priority then their family and dependents' welfare due to addiction. They will ...

Chief Edward Flynn, US drug czar discuss marijuana
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Legalizing alcohol, he said, gave legitimacy to a drug that has "extraordinary social costs," with impacts on family violence, unemployment, crime and addiction. Marijuana is the drug that's the biggest moneymaker and driver of violence in Milwaukee ...

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Nevada measure would create liability for addictive drugs
Reno Gazette-Journal
Also, if state-run medical marijuana dispensaries are created, those dispensaries — but not the state — could be liable if a user becomes addicted to pot, Segerblom said. Lawmakers have been discussing the possibility of creating a dispensary for the ...

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GUEST OPINION: Doctors have legitimate concerns about medical marijuana
Taunton Daily Gazette
What are the standards of care relative to medical marijuana? None exist now. We believe physicians who choose to certify patients should follow the recommendations of the American Society on Addiction Medicine on the professional tenets of proper ...

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Hive Health Media (blog)
Medical Marijuana: The Hidden Dangers
Hive Health Media (blog)
Marijuana, however, is not completely harmless. It is an addictive substance and should be used with caution. Prescribing this type of treatment without careful consideration is medical negligence. You should seek representation if you believe you have ...

'Marijuana Anonymous' group meets Mondays
The Columbian
It is notable that marijuana ranks below caffeine in most addictive criteria, while alcohol and tobacco are near the top of the scale in many areas. The rating scale is from 1 to 6 --- 1 denotes the drug with the strongest addictive tendencies, while 6 ...

Community journal
Sobriety requires support
Community journal
They create a space in the brain that lets people consider and try stronger drugs,” she said. “I know it's a view from both sides. Marijuana has some medicinal purposes but it's addictive. They both are addictive. It opens a door that can lead to use ...

National Post
Marijuana legalization: public health issues
Bradenton Herald
While most people are concerned about the long-term implications of marijuana use for addiction and crime (and these are real concerns), we cannot ignore the linkage between marijuana and schizophrenia. Shouldn't funding for treatment be part of the ...
Regulate, don't outlaw, marijuanaQuad City Times
How legal marijuana will affect troubled familiesInside Tucson Business
Colorado: How legalized marijuana will affect troubled familiesAlaska Dispatch
Reason (blog)
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How I escaped from life in a Los Angeles gang
Herald Sun
His drug addiction also progressed, from marijuana, to crack cocaine, to LSD and eventually to meth. "That led to two attempts at suicide. And my second attempt was what led me to recover." Mr Debora now uses his traumatic experience with drugs to give ...

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National drug policy speaks out against legalizing pot
WCSH-TV
WELLS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A bill is expected to go before the Maine legislature this session to legalize recreational marijuana. Tuesday, a group of people committed to substance abuse prevention in York County met with a national expert on the ...

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Christian Science Monitor
Totally Disinterested Drug Warriors Demand That Holder Stop Marijuana ...
Reason (blog)
The letter's signatories also include the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace (which is backed by companies that sell drug testing services), and Educating Voices ...
Colorado: How legalized marijuana will affect troubled familiesAlaska Dispatch
Take a look at national legalizationQuad City Times
How legal marijuana will affect troubled familiesChristian Science Monitor

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"Weed candy" Just One Way Teenagers Hide Marijuana Use
WBIW.com
While it's not as potent in the candy form as it is smoked or inhaled, the long term effects of marijuana use can be just as damaging. "The problem in Marion County is the early onset of use," Beals said. "We know individuals will start using addictive ...

Dr. Paul Clancy: Medical pot should be legal
Charleston Gazette
Marijuana's potential for addiction is dwarfed by that of prescription painkillers (and alcohol), and it is infinitely less toxic. Tragically, our state has the highest rate of fatal drug overdoses of any state in the U.S., and it's important to ...

Former Celtic Chris Herren to speak in Newton on substance abuse
Boston.com
Drug rumors and positive tests followed him at each stop throughout his career and his NBA dreams were eventually lost to addiction. During his presentation Chris describes his gradual progression from early experimentation with alcohol and marijuana, ...

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Norway May Decriminalize Heroin Inhalation, Allow Smoking In Order To Cut ...
Huffington Post
The plan follows recommendations made in the 2011 study of fatal overdoses in the Norwegian city of Oslo, conducted by the Norwegian Center for Addiction Research. Noted in an annual report on the drug situation in Norway, the study concluded the ...