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Just Say No Smoking Malcolm A. Kline, December 16, 2009 On Monday the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) gave us some good and bad news. “The report says cigarette smoking was at the lowest point in the survey’s history on all measures for eighth, 10th and 12th graders,” NIDA reported on December 14, 2009. ‘For example, only 2.7 percent of eighth graders describe themselves as daily smokers, down from a peak rate of 10.4 percent in 1996.” “Similarly, 11.2 percent of high school seniors say they smoke daily, less than half of the 24.6 percent rate in 1997.” The...

RIVERTON — Tie dye, tee-pees, and cries for free love and world peace. If it sounds like an image of the 1960s, residents near Pinedale may believe they've traveled back in time next week when a large band of "hippies" hold their annual gathering at a national forest near Pinedale. Federal officials began arriving in Riverton earlier this month to prepare for the arrival of the group, which calls itself the Rainbow Family of Living Light. Anywhere between several hundred to a few thousand members of the group are expected, and their arrival has already drawn the ire of some...

Today I will discharge my obligation as a citizen to witness this knowledge to you and raise questions for others to investigate and consider. I am going to briefly describe my background, my experience with Senator Obama in 1999, what appears to me to be a coordinated effort to discredit me and finally a list of questions. After this brief statement, I will take and try to answer any reasonable questions. Background I am 46 years old and I currently reside in Duluth, MN. I am a US Citizen, and I have made mistakes in my lifetime. I have been...

CHICAGO (AP) -- American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study. Side effects including weight gain and heart trouble have been reported in children using anti-psychotic drugs. Does it mean U.S. kids are being over-treated? Or that U.K. children are being under-treated? Experts say that's almost beside the point, because use is rising on both sides of the Atlantic. And with scant long-term safety data, it's likely the drugs are being over-prescribed for both U.S. and U.K. children, research suggests. Among...

WATERLOO, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patriotism" since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It is also known that he only places his hand over his heart when he wants during the National Anthem and Also did some drug use in the past. I ask what is next of American values. Revski

Health officials in New York City say new statistics show an increase in syphilis infections among men and women. However, this is a small-scale example of a problem that is happening nationwide, they say. Unsafe-sex practices are being blamed for bringing the disease's old health dangers back to life after a drop in the 1990s. The New York Times reports that 260 cases of syphilis were recorded by the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the first quarter of this year, including ten cases of female infection. That is more than twice the number for the same period...

Generally, there are two types of marijuana users. First is the most commonly stereotyped “stoner,” depicted in the media of movies (e.g. Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High) and television (e.g. Shaggy from Scooby Doo). These are the dead-end job, ambitionless abusers who ingest marijuana to escape their already dismal lives. They represent the image which is most often associated with marijuana use. Certainly, the average American high school is teeming with similar directionless pot-smoking losers, further cementing this public perception.

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Survey finds parental ignorance Suggests presence doesn't deter drug use in the home By Naila Moreira, Globe Correspondent | August 17, 2006 Parents may be badly mistaken if they believe their mere presence at home prevents teenagers from drinking or using drugs out of their sight. A third of children ages 12 to 17 -- and almost half of 17-year-olds -- said they had attended parties where drugs and alcohol were available despite parents being at home, according to a survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Half of those surveyed said they attended...

LEAVE IT TO the good people of Philadelphia, whose football fans once famously booed and threw snowballs at Santa Claus, to come up with the perfect takedown of the most inflated (in more ways than one) superstar in contemporary sport. With the visiting Barry Bonds at the plate and needing just two home runs to tie Babe Ruth’s iconic 714 lifetime homers, the banner was raised: “Ruth did it on hot dogs & beer.” The target of this concise discourse on the roots of greatness has been booed lustily in every major league city he’s played in outside his hometown...

See for example this thread first. Barry Bonds has hit seven fifteen It still remains to be seen if he'll be "Hall of Fame". For the sake of the game I sure wish he had kept himself clean!

When writer Marcia Segelstein headed to the bookstore to scout out books for her 12-year-old, she wasn’t sure what to expect. But she certainly didn’t expect rampant drinking, drug use, profanity, and explicit descriptions of sex and nudity. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what she found. Segelstein’s daughter had been clamoring to read the Gossip Girl series, which “‘all’ of her friends were reading,” she said. After seeing what was in the books, Segelstein was floored. But a school librarian confirmed, “They’re very popular among sixth and seventh graders.” Even worse, the librarian added, “Some parents are so happy that their kids...

MIAMI (Ticker) - Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams apparently is in trouble with the NFL again. The Miami Herald reported on its web site Sunday night that Williams faces at least a one-year suspension from the NFL after testing positive for drug use a fourth time under the league's substance abuse policy. According to the report, two sources confirmed a report by WSVN-TV that Williams had failed the test, although neither would say the substance he used. Williams had tested positive in the past for marijuana use. After stunning the football world by announcing his retirement during training camp...

(AgapePress) - A prominent mental health counselor says depression may be the new sexually transmitted disease. He points to a new study that finds sexual experimentation and drug use often precede adolescent depression. Many mental health counselors assume students will medicate their depression with sex and drug use. However, a recently published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that depression is actually a risk factor for sexual experimentation on the part of girls, and heavy drug use on the part of boys. The study, led by Dr. Denise Hallfors, followed more than 13,000 middle and high school...

Pakistan on brink of AIDS epidemic: Study Islamabad, Nov 23, IRNA Pakistan-AIDS The United Nations World Health Organization has said that Pakistan and Indonesia on the brink of a major epidemic of the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). 'The News' reported in its Wednesday issue, that a WHO report urged the two Muslim nations to speed up their actions if they are to avoid serious Human Immunity-Deficiency Virus. Given the extent of overlapping high-risk practices, increasingly serious HIV epidemics are highly likely in Pakistan, the latest report AIDS Epidemic Update-2005 said. It pointed out that a major epidemic has...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US rock diva Courtney Love, who narrowly escaped jail time earlier this year, was in hot water again when a judge ordered her to answer allegations she violated probation by using drugs. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin issued a bench warrant for Love's arrest, but agreed to hold it pending a hearing on August 19, which he ordered the 41-year-old widow of grunge rocker Kurt Cobain to attend. "I'm certainly not happy with what's going on," Rubin said during a brief hearing, noting that he wanted a report from Love's drug counsellor. The former...

I remember reading several months ago about some drug they developed from a tree or plant in africa. When people take it they go through this introspective journey and meet with some sort of spiritual being that sets them straight...? No I dont buy it but a "friend" wanted to read it. Thanks

LONDON - Nearly 40 million adults and children are living with HIV in 2004, the highest number yet, according to a new report. More than three million will die from AIDS this year, the most in a single year in the 23-year history of the disease, said Tuesday's report by UNAIDS, the joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS.

GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14609301&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=bush--took-cocaine-at-camp-david--name_page.html His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth. Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s.

During a speech "flogging" his book Wilson took shots at Bush: "Former Ambassador and Bush Administration critic Joe Wilson was seemingly preaching to the choir Saturday in City Hall. Not one dissenting voice was heard." Snip "The Bush administration sent Wilson to Niger to investigate the accusation that Saddam Hussein was trying to buy nuclear materials to construct weapons of mass destruction. Wilson said he determined it was untrue and reported that in February 2002 to Vice President Dick Cheney." Wilson said: "This was not a simple mistake...It was cleverly calculated to deceive the Congress of the United States, the...

HOUSTON -- A jury Wednesday convicted a woman of murder for stabbing her husband 193 times, rejecting her claim that she acted in self-defense after years of abuse. Susan Wright, 27, could get up to 99 years in prison. The sentencing phase was to begin in the afternoon. Prosecutors said she killed Jeffrey Wright in 2003 to collect on his $200,000 life insurance policy. Jeffrey Wright, 34, was found buried in the couple's back yard after Susan Wright's attorney reported the body to authorities. Wright, a former topless dancer, testified that her husband beat her repeatedly and that right before...

<p>As someone who just reached the legal drinking age nine months ago, I can tell you firsthand that a high level of surveillance doesn't make young people safer. And on the topic of student drug testing, the experts agree: Random testing does not effectively reduce drug use among young people.</p>

Drug use by teenagers declines, continues its decline Associated Press - December 20, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) - American teenagers are cutting back on their use of illicit drugs and cigarettes, but alcohol consumption is holding steady, the government says. An annual survey of eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders done for the Department of Health and Human Services, found declines in many kinds of drugs for high school students, especially for Ecstasy and LSD. Overall, the Bush administration said the annual survey funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed an 11 percent drop in illegal drug use in the past...

<p>Kentucky's high school students are smoking less, but eating worse — and getting fatter, according to a newly released survey by two state agencies.</p> <p>One-third of students in grades nine through 12 were overweight or at risk of being overweight, and half said they'd had little or no physical activity the week before they were surveyed.</p>

Camera's first catch gets felony drug charge As Marcus D. Jackson smoked dope in a blue Chevy Caprice, he had no idea anyone was watching, police say. But about a block away, officers were monitoring his every move on a surveillance camera set up at Augusta and Pulaski to target crimes both serious and minor that bring down the neighborhood's quality of life. When they swooped in and arrested Jackson, the officers allegedly found $20 worth of pot and Ecstasy, a so-called "club drug," valued at $60. The 1:30 a.m. Saturday bust was the first one for Operation Disruption, which...

May 19, 2003 Student drug testing not effective in reducing drug use ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Drug testing of students in schools does not deter drug use, University of Michigan researchers have concluded, based on a large, multi-year national sample of the nation's high schools and middle schools. The findings were reported recently in the Journal of School Health. The research challenges the premise that has been central to the rationale for schools adopting a drug testing policy. The contention that testing is a deterrent to drug use also was an important consideration in a recent split decision by the United States...

Chante is Guilty of Murder, Guilty of Tampering with Evidence

It transforms the lives of many 'hyper' children, but as pupils peddle it at school, a new drug nightmare is unfolding. Simon, 14, is a hit with the girls. At most afternoon breaks, he can be found surrounded by a posse near the netball court at their comprehensive school in northern England. They want his drugs, but not to get high. They want Ritalin to suppress their appetite and help preserve their wafer-thin frames. Simon is popular with the boys, too. However, they want only to get high, crushing the tablets and snorting a substance chemically similar to cocaine for...

San Juan has a far higher incidence of hepatitis C than anywhere else in the United States, according to a new study by the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Cynthia Perez, who headed the study by the UPR's School of Public Health, said the survey included 970 adults between the ages of 21 and 64, from different socio-economic segments of San Juan. "The most striking discovery was the hepatitis C incidence in San Juan is 6.3 percent, whereas the incidence on the mainland is between 1 and 4 percent," she said Friday at a press conference. Ninety-six percent of he...

Plague In The Heartland Rolling Stone New York Jan 23, 2003 by: Paul Solotaroff Cheap, easy to make and instantly addictive, crystal meth is burning a hole through rural America. A hellish tour of a home-cooked drug crisis... It looks less like a crime scene and still less like a farm than it does a tour of an unhinged mind. Out behind the barn on this half-mile-square spread at the base of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state, there is a riot of stolen cars and trucks, parts stripped and chassis mangled. A months-old Lexus, its seats splayed beside...