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What Could Be Wrong With a Little Dragonfly?
Recent reports into the Drug Abuse Recognition (DAR) Hotline suggest that the designer drug world is undergoing some shifts in drug preferences and manners of use. In the course of a recently held Medtox DAR Designer Drug webinar, approximately 800 attendees...
Kids overdosing on new drug called 25i
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – NBC12 has a frightening warning for parents. There's a hot new designer drug on the streets and students right here in the metro-area are using and abusing it. It's a hallucinogenic called 25i. NBC12 received some calls from parents concerned...
Salvia
Overview Salvia Divinorum Salvia Divinorum is a plant that contains the psychoactive chemical Salvinorin A and although it resembles marijuana, its effects are much closer to LSD or Peyote. It can be bought in a variety of strengths and grades ranging from 5[x] to...
Prescription Drug Abuse – Mother Confronts A Beast
Jo's Story - Mother Confronts A Beast A day does not go by in America when a life is not lost or ruined due to opiate prescription drug abuse. Pain medicine addiction had risen “400 percent in the last decade.” Although that statistic is daunting enough, it does...
The Danger of Bath Salts
Overview When it comes to designer drugs (a drug or drugs slightly altered chemically in order to evade drug restriction laws), bath salts are some of the most dangerous. In fact, in many ways bath salts exemplify every aspect that makes designer drugs so threatening...
Perspective and Prevention
Bromo Dragonfly will not be the last drug to make headlines, but it does represent some new trends in drug use. The Internet’s role in drug use, easy accessibility, and murky legalities are all now a reality for many families. It’s up to parents, teachers and...
How Can I Protect My Family?
In the end, parents are the CEOs of their home. If your family is currently in crisis or you have strong suspicions, there are a number of ways to safeguard your home. This may include tracking credit card statements, screening packages that come to the home, and even...
Why Is This Stuff Legal?
Dragonfly and many other synthetic drugs are currently not regulated on a federal level. The problem is that these chemicals can easily be altered with slight changes in structure to evade regulation. It also takes time for legislation to pass, creating an endless...