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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...
13 Sobering Facts About Teen Substance Abuse
13 Sobering Facts About Teen Substance Abuse A new report finds that 76 percent of high school students have used tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, and one-fifth of them may be addicted. These alarming figures highlight the urgent need for parents and...
One In Eight U.S. Teens Misuses Pain Drugs
One in eight older U.S. teenagers has used powerful painkiller drugs without prescriptions, and many of them start misusing the pills at age 16 or 17, earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research released on Monday. The findings published in the...