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Adolescent Pot Use Leaves Lasting Mental Deficits; Developing Brain Susceptible to Lasting Damage from Exposure to Marijuana
ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) — The persistent, dependent use of marijuana before age 18 has been shown to cause lasting harm to a person's intelligence, attention and memory, according to an international research team. ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) — The persistent,...
Never Feel Helpless
Written By Phil Bauer - Parent Advisory Board Member As a parent who has lost a son to medicine abuse, the past couple of weeks have been truly moving. The Partnership at Drugfree.org showed me some of the stories people shared about medicine abuse over this past...
Gilmer ISD warns of new digital drug
By Richard Yeakley ryeakley@news-journal.com A drug-like high could be as close as an app on a teen’s smartphone, and that has some area school officials concerned. An official at Gilmer High School warned parents Friday of the digital-drug craze known as “i-Dosing”...
2C-I or ‘Smiles’: A New Killer Drug That Every Parent Should Know About
Witnesses described the 17-year-old boy as "shaking, growling, foaming at the mouth." According to police reports, Elijah Stai was at a McDonald's with his friend when he began to feel ill. Soon after, he "started to smash his head against the ground" and began acting...
Synthetic Drug users and treatment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2012 -- What many are beginning to notice lately is that synthetic drugs are rising in the ranks as far as dependency and medical issues are concerned. The days of cocaine and heroin being the bad guys on the block are changing as...
Economy drives a spike as prescription abusers to cheaper, more dangerous choice
Prescription drug abusers turn to cheaper, more dangerous choice The tough economy is influencing Metro Detroiters' illegal drug choices, experts say, with prescription drug abusers turning to a cheaper — but more dangerous — alternative: heroin. During economic...
DA: Bath salts suspected in Hawley head-gnawing attack
By Denis J. O’Malley The Times-Tribune, Scranton September 14, 2012 Authorities suspect the Doylestown man who allegedly gnawed on a woman’s head in Hawley after stripping his clothes and jumping from a second-story window on Friday may have been under the influence...
Tempe Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 3: Noah McQueen Fought Imaginary Bugs in Coffee Shop
By Matthew Hendley Seriously, Tempe: put down the bath salts, and put on your clothes. For the third time this week, Tempe police have arrested a naked person doing really weird things, and in each case, the person in question told police they had ingested the...
Tempe Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 2: Police Say Michael Hurtado Was Making Out With a U-Haul Steering Wheel and a Cop Car
By Matthew Hendley The Tempe Police Department was probably not messing around Wendesday when it issued a public warning about the chemicals known as "bath salts." After finding 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome slamming himself against walls and jogging around a Tempe...
Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train Thanks to Sean-Paul Branscome
By Matthew Hendley If you haven't heard a story recently about a naked person high on the chemicals known as "bath salts," you have not been paying attention. Thanks to 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome, the Tempe Police Department is holding a press conference right...