Marijuana Addiction

Brooke Mueller Hospitalized For Prescription Drug Abuse, Rep Confirms
Huffington Post
Drew Barrymore. Drew was famously an addict as a child. By her own admission she said she had her first drink at 9, began smoking marijuana at 10 and began using cocaine at 12. By age 13 she entered rehab and has maintained her sobriety since.

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Subu Must Die How a nation of junkies went cold turkey
The New Republic
Charting Georgian drug abuse through time, you'd see a low baseline, starting when Georgia won its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991; a lack of free trade meant few drugs. Then, during the chaos of the '90s, the line would jump a few times ...

Bitter pill: life-saving HIV drugs fuel crime and addiction in South Africa
The Verge
Quintin van Kerken, director of the Anti-Drug Alliance of South Africa, says there's no doubt that addicts are lacing marijuana and heroin with ARV medicines, though it's difficult to gauge how pervasive the practice has become. The South African ...

NPR
The downsides to legalizing marijuana
Michigan Radio
However, that evolving view needs to include public health. The question is: If marijuana is more available than it is now, can we handle it? Anti-marijuana advocates say no. They argue pot is more potent than ever - highly addictive, even dangerous.
The Great DebateSouth Bend Tribune
Pot debate finally lives up to billingOur Colorado News
Drug czar: Pot legalization won't change missionLake Wylie Pilot

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Prescription drug abuse: A 'silent epidemic' - Independent Record
Helena Independent Record
For a while, she smoked weed and used meth and pills daily. She knew the dangers of meth. “Not even once,” she said, parroting the theme of the Montana Meth Project's in-your-face ads. But when it came to pills, not so much. Prescription drug abuse ...

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NorthJersey.com
The grim life of North Jersey's suburban heroin addicts
NorthJersey.com
Dooner and his friends experimented with drugs in high school, mostly marijuana and the occasional pill. But his troubles really started, Dooner said, with a lacrosse injury his senior year. He was prescribed Percocet, then stronger painkillers. Once ...

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Weed in the Garden State
The Trentonian
Human Services Department spokeswoman Ellen Lovejoy says research indicates that marijuana IS addictive in some cases — for about 9 percent of all pot smokers. And among those who start using marijuana at a young age, the addiction risk is “closer to ...

Larry Brown Sports
Phoenix smoke shop welcomes Honey Badger to town with ad
Larry Brown Sports
He later went to rehab for his marijuana addiction and admitted he abused himself through the extensive use of marijuana. Though the ad was clever, Mathieu passed his drug test at the combine and hasn't shown hints of a continued struggle with the ...

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Medical marijuana providers leery of jumping into recreational market
Peninsula Daily
... North Olympic Peninsula suppliers of medical marijuana from considering entering the recreational pot market. Expected taxes on recreational marijuana are keeping Misty Pharr, owner of Olympian Canna on Tumwater Truck Route in Port Angeles, from ...

SmokeWire.com Releases Infographic Contrasting Alcohol to Marijuana
PressDoc (press release)
The infographic also notes the positive of marijuana, including the lack of physical addiction, antidepressant quality, alleviation of cancer symptoms, lack of overdose capability, brain cell growth promotion, and more. Alcohol tends to be associated ...

Who's most at risk with pot?
Andalusia Star-News
According to HHS (Health & Human Services), states having medical marijuana were also at the top of the list in terms of drug addiction and usage for adolescents age 12-17. Due to the evidence, is it worth the risk to our kids, society, when usage ...

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Maine pot advocates push for legalization
Lewiston Sun Journal
Ten percent of that revenue would be used to regulate sales, 10 percent would go for addiction treatment, 5 percent would fund research on marijuana through 2021 and the balance would go to the state's General Fund. Russell said legislatures in ...
Marijuana legalization advocates get their shot with lawmakersWLBZ-TV
Bill To Legalize Marijuana Gets Long Awaited Public HearingWABI

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Talk Radio News Service
Obama Says No To Legalizing Marijuana
Talk Radio News Service
The Obama administration's strategy, though, is somewhat controversial since it technically defines regular pot users as people with brain diseases — addiction, the administration says, is a brain disease. Scores of marijuana defenders, however, say ...
Obama and Peña Nieto Should Have “Real Conversation” About Alternatives to ...The Daily Chronic

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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (05/03/2013)
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Louisiana is considering HB 103, which would remove marijuana possession from the state's habitual offender law, which mandates life without parole. Also under consideration is HB 154, which distinguishes aiders and abettors from principal offenders ...

Lewiston Sun Journal
Hearing today on bill to legalize marijuana
Lewiston Sun Journal
Ten percent of revenue from those taxes would pay for regulating marijuana sales, 10 percent would go for addiction treatment, 5 percent would fund research on marijuana through 2021 and the balance would go to the state's general fund. The bill also ...
Maine panel hearing on marijuana legalization setBoston.com

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Arizona worst or close in CDC measures of teen substance abuse
Cronkite News
Arizona's youth ranked second in five other categories: those who had ever used cocaine; those who currently used cocaine; those who tried marijuana for the first time before age 13; those who currently drank alcohol; and those who had consumed alcohol ...

TestCountry.com (blog)
Maryland Governor to Sign Medical Marijuana Bill
TestCountry.com (blog)
They must also specify how patients will be assessed for addiction before and during treatment using marijuana through the program. Furthermore, they must specify the length of treatment, the allowable dosage, as well as the source and type of ...

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Mothers speak of horrifying effects of spice drug: 'He throws up blood'
Bakersfield Now
»Play Video Concerned mother Shyanne holds a packet of alleged "spice," a form of synthetic marijuana, during an interview in Bakersfield, Calif. Shyanne, who conducted the interview on condition her last name wasn't used, is worried for her spice ...

Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. AR Mohammad Implores Legislators to ...
Wall Street Journal (press release)
Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Implores Legislators to Strengthen Marijuana Laws in Light of New Study. Dr. Mohammad and His Team of Addiction Experts at Malibu Horizon Launch Marijuana Awareness Campaign in Response to ...

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MarketWatch (press release)
Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. AR Mohammad Implores Legislators to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Implores Legislators to Strengthen Marijuana Laws in Light of New Study. Dr. Mohammad and His Team of Addiction Experts at Malibu Horizon Launch Marijuana Awareness Campaign in Response to ...