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Survey: Teen pot use rises, alcohol use declines
LANSING — More teens are turning to pot and see it as less of a risk at the same time alcohol use among the same age group has dipped to historic lows, according to an annual national survey of drug use released Wednesday. The findings were based...Tags: Cocaine, Juvenile Delinquency, Synthetic Marijuana, White House, Marijuana Use
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Mandatory minimum sentences impede justice
I have never met Tony Allen Gregg, a drug abuser and occasional dealer, a 10th-grade dropout and petty criminal. But the details of Mr. Gregg's life — and the life sentence he is now serving — highlight a major problem in our criminal...Tags: Cocaine, Trials, FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Miscarriage
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The White House Program to Address Popular Petitions is Pretty Lame
By Greg Beato"We the people," is one of the most sacred phrases in the American lexicon, right up there with "Play ball!" "In God we trust," and "Hi, my name is X and I'm an alcoholic." It heralds a revolutionary dispersal of power from the mighty to the many, and any...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Diseases and Illnesses, National Government, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, White House
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Pot Smoking Slims?
FOX 17 Web ProducerStudy: 22 Million Americans Use Illegal Drugs (Source: CNN) More than 22 million Americans age 12 and older - nearly 9% of the U.S. population - use illegal drugs, according to the government’s 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The...Tags: CNN (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, Heroin, Research, Surveys
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40 die daily in Rx drug 'epidemic,' CDC says
CNNInappropriately used prescription pain medications kill 15,000 people in the United States each year, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're in the midst of an epidemic," says CDC Director Dr. Thomas...Tags: Heroin, Epidemics and Plagues, Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pain
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Fmr Seattle Police Chief Kerlikowske Collapses
The White House 'Drug Czar' and former Seattle Police Chief, Gil Kerlikowske, collapsed twice while in Boston Tuesday.
According to The Boston Globe, Kerlikowske fainted about 2 p.m. while talking to law students at Harvard. He was taken to Massachusetts...Tags: Safety of Citizens, White House, Government, Fainting, Seattle
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Rx for Danger: White House drug czar says Florida needs prescription-drug monitoring program
When White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske recently toured Appalachia, he met with 14 imprisoned women who were in drug treatment, 13 of whom were being treated for prescription-drug use.
Kerlikowske asked the women how many had been to Florida to get...Tags: Elections, Heroin, Epidemics and Plagues, White House, Kentucky
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Lawmakers, law enforcers urge Scott to back drug database
Before he was even sworn into office, Gov. Rick Scott abolished the state agency tasked with reducing substance abuse and canned Florida's drug czar.
Early this month, he stunned legislators and law enforcement when he proposed eliminating Florida's...Tags: Elections, Epidemics and Plagues, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Drug czar warns against taking 'bath salts' drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske is warning people against taking the newest synthetic drugs, often marketed as "bath salts" and being sold legally on the Internet and in drug paraphernalia stores. The drugs are sold under...Tags: Washington, DC, White House, Bath Salt Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Physical Conditions
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Teen Drug Use Survey Seen as 'Warning Sign'
For Tribune NewspapersThe federal government's annual report of kids’ alcohol and drug abuse seems reassuring: Compared with earlier in the decade, use of hallucinogens was down in 2008, marijuana use was way down, and use of methamphetamines was way, way down. But...Tags: High Schools, Teen-agers, University of Michigan, Schools, Prescription Drugs
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