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DATCS Announces Instant K2 Testing
PRESS RELEASE Drug & Alcohol Testing Compliance Services Announces Instant Testing for the Designer Drug K2, or Synthetic Marijuana Now Available at All Four Locations New instant test identifies illegal chemical found in Synthetic Marijuana, known as K2 or Spice....
DNA Testing Services | DNA Experts in Paternity Testing | What is DNA Paternity Testing?
What is DNA Paternity Testing? We all have a unique DNA pattern that is inherited from our biological parents and is similar to theirs in molecular structure and genetic code. Because of this similarity, the DNA can be used to test and conclusively determine...
Kids Are Most Likely to Start Abusing Painkillers Around Age 16
MONDAY May 7, 2012 -- Among U.S. adolescents, misuse of prescription painkillers peaks at age 16, earlier than thought, a new large survey analysis reveals. "What our findings suggest is that if we wait until the last year of high school or college to take some kind...
Teens are Turning to Hand Sanitizer to Get Drunk
Six teenagers have ended up in San Fernando Valley emergency rooms recently with symptoms of alcohol poisoning. But the illicit alcohol didn't come from their parents' liquor cabinets or from illegally purchased beers. These teens got drunk -- and dangerously ill --...
How To Stop Smoking Cannabis in 7 Steps
Many people who smoke cannabis, otherwise known as marijuana or pot, become addicted to it without even realizing that they have an addiction. In fact, if a long time user of cannabis is asked if they are addicted, they will typically say that they are not, because...
Teen Drug Abuse Treatment
When drug use begins in early adolescence there is increased risk to become addicted. This is partly due to the immaturity of the young brain and its impulse control ability. Prevent Teen Drug Abuse with Prevention Treatment of Teenage Drug Abuse can include...
Myth: Smoking Marijuana Harms Only the Smokers
Reality: Marijuana Use Harms Nonusers (Continued from Page 4) We need to put to rest the thought that there is such a thing as a lone drug user, a person whose habits affect only himself or herself. Drug use, including marijuana use, is not a victimless crime. Some...
Myth: Marijuana Is Harmless
Reality: Marijuana Is Dangerous to the User (Continued from Page 3) Use of marijuana has adverse health, safety, social, academic, economic, and behavioral consequences; and children are the most vulnerable to its damaging effects. Marijuana is the most widely used...
Myth: Legalization of Marijuana in Other Countries Has Been a Success
Reality: Liberalization Often Results in Higher Use of Dangerous Drugs (Continued from Page 2) Over the past decade, drug policy in some foreign countries, particularly those in Europe, has gone through some dramatic changes toward greater liberalization with failed...
Myth: Marijuana Is Medicine
Reality: Smoked Marijuana Is Not Medicine (Continued from Page 1) The scientific and medical communities have determined that smoked marijuana is a health danger, not a cure. There is no medical evidence that smoking marijuana helps patients. In fact, the Food and...