The Forgotten Victims of Human Trafficking
The forgotten victims of human trafficking
"They start offering drugs to us until you get addicted – mostly cocaine or heroin – so most of the girls can't leave because they've turned into addicts." One of the girls she worked with died of a heroin overdose. She was only 19.… Continue reading
Heroin Arrests Hit Record in Brown County
Heroin arrests hit record in Brown County
The county has had one possible heroin overdose death this year, still awaiting laboratory confirmation, five last year and nine the year before, according to the Brown County Medical Examiner's office. Deaths have been declining not because heroin use …
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Is This Emotional Abuse?
Question by Ocean: Is this emotional abuse?
I’m actually crying atm because I’m that frustrated and stressed. I want to physically punch my mam and dad In the face. Instead I just eat fatty food to calm me down.everything that goes wrong in the house is blamed onto… Continue reading
More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America’s Illicit Drug Market – Businessweek (Blog)
More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America’s Illicit Drug Market – Businessweek (blog)
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More Pot, Less Cocaine: Sizing Up America's Illicit Drug Market Businessweek (blog) The country spent $ 109 billion in 2010 on illicit marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, according to new (and very rough) estimates… Continue reading |
I Am Dating a Guy Who Is a Cocaine Addict but Has Been Trying to Quit for About Six Months.?
Question by Laura: I am dating a guy who is a cocaine addict but has been trying to quit for about six months.?
He has been through two thirty days with me and then falls of the wagon. I adore him and don’t know what my help or… Continue reading
Battling the Rising Tide of Addiction in St. Mary's
Battling the rising tide of addiction in St. Mary's
Parents of young children and teenagers are especially invited to attend, to learn about the signs of drug abuse and to learn about help that's available. Last year in St. Mary's, five people died as a result of heroin overdose, said… Continue reading
Is Cocaine That Physically Harmful?
Question by brian: Is cocaine that physically harmful?
I have done cocaine for years no side affects That I know of I know I should stop but it’s fun to do a bump on the weekends how harmful is it to my body. I eat healthy workout daily… Continue reading
Chris Herren Stops by and Chats About the Importance of Just Being Yourself
Chris Herren stops by and chats about the importance of just being yourself
He was a poster boy in college who got a second and third chance after one tragic line of cocaine off a Boston College dorm desk eventually led to four overdoses. Each misstep has been chronicled in… Continue reading
How Lacey Township New Jersey Is Fighting Skyrocketing Heroin Overdoses
How Lacey Township New Jersey Is Fighting Skyrocketing Heroin Overdoses — From City of Angels NJ’s RED Forum in December 2013. Heather Scanlon and the Lacey Township Alliance developed and coordinated the State’s first RED Night Ou…
Program gives volunteers naloxone kits to reverse overdoses in opiate abusers
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Kids Dealing With Drug Addicted Parents
Kids Dealing with Drug Addicted Parents —
Endgame for online addicts
James Driver played a video game 16 hours a day for two years. Now he's trying to help other addicts kick the habit. Mr Driver, now 31, was well known in his late teens as "Benway Monochrome", a top-level… Continue reading