Drug Abuse
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Steve Sawyer
Police in Vancouver Canada say ‘doda’ an opiate product that is easily bought under the counter in pawnshops and video stores, is a big problem in south Asian communities within the region. Area police just discovered a field of 60 000 poppy plants destined to feed the area’s growing hunger for the drug.
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Young people who use methamphetamine suffer a 300% increased chance of aortic dissection, an often fatal tear in the main artery leading from the heart.
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As a way to make one bag of heroin intoxicate 2 people, some East African addicts will inject a small quantity of blood from a person who has just used heroin, a practice known as flashback. Experts say that this is the most efficient possible way to transfer HIV infection.
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Canadian researchers say they’ve found changes in the serotonin systems of chronic ecstasy users, which may explain why chronic ecstasy users experience a tolerance to the effects of the drug.
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Legislators are worried about K2 and other synthetic marijuana products that are legal and for sale in 49 states. Health officials say these herbal products can be dangerous and that since they’re produced in unregulated ‘dorm room labs’ – there’s no way to say what’s really in them.
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Mikey G Ottawa
Using alcohol during pregnancy causes great harm to the developing fetus. Using methamphetamine (meth) during pregnancy – may be even worse.
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Evbil Erin
American 12 year olds are more likely to use (huff) inhalants to get high than any other drug.
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Teens that start smoking marijuana before the age of 15 are twice as likely to develop a psychotic disorder by the age of 21 as teens that don’t smoke marijuana.
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Anita Canita
Researchers say that after 75 degrees Fahrenheit, cocaine overdoses start to increase – and as the mercury rises, so do the risks.
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In the UK, 5 times as many adults use cocaine today as did in 1996.
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8 Patients in San Francisco have developed some form of autoimmune disorder that causes their skin to blacken and slough off. Doctors think the condition is caused by poisoning from levamisole (a veterinary medication) that is added to cocaine.
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Marijuana is a known risk factor for the development of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. However, Emory University researchers say that it’s not whether or not a person uses marijuana, but rather how quickly an adolescent user progresses to daily marijuana use that’s most important as a predictor for psychosis.
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The number of people in dying in Ontario Canada after overdosing on prescription medications has doubled since the 1990s.
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A University of California, Berkley researcher says that almost half of medical marijuana patients at a Berkley marijuana dispensary are using cannabis to control alcohol cravings and suggests marijuana substitution as a “radical new alcohol treatment”.
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Researchers have long known of the link between marijuana and an increased risk of psychosis, but no one knew just how significant that risk might be or how the type of marijuana smoked might influence the outcome. British scientists now say that people smoking very strong ‘skunk’ marijuana are 7 times more likely to experience psychosis than people smoking lower potency cannabis.
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