Drug Use

Pros of alcohol and drug abuse?

Question by Angel: Pros of alcohol and drug abuse?
I’m having a debate on alcohol and drug abuse for my sociology class and my half of the debate are the pros. I certainly know that the functionalists would say that drug and alcohol abuse is good because it provides jobs… Continue reading

Drug user reports on bail with a pocketful of crystal meth

Drug user reports on bail with a pocketful of crystal meth
Whichever way you look at Jovan Skorupan's most recent crime, you'd be forgiven for thinking his brain may have taken the day off when he wandered into Wollongong Police Station on Wednesday to report on bail – while carrying… Continue reading

NY lawmakers asked to help fund more drug treatment facilities

NY lawmakers asked to help fund more drug treatment facilities
It heard from prosecutors, drug counselors and addicts, who say a crackdown on illegal prescriptions has many drug users turning to heroin and that has led to a dramatic increase in overdoses and deaths. Speakers asked lawmakers to help fund… Continue reading

Synthetic drugs pose lethal problem

Synthetic drugs pose lethal problem
While synthetic substances known as K-2 and "bath salts" remain a challenge, variations of these drugs and a new concoction, krokodil, a mixture of meth and heroin, are showing up in the greater Kansas City and St. Louis areas. The variations of these … Read… Continue reading

Two charged with operating meth lab

Two charged with operating meth lab
Law enforcement agencies enter a residence in Plymouth suspected of manufacturing methamphetamine. Two people were arrested and charged. / PHOTO COURTESY CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE … Read more on Mansfield News Journal

Research finds meth reduction has health benefits
… protocols focus on drug abstinence.… Continue reading

Carmel IN Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches New Program to Fight Off Drug Addiction

Carmel IN Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches New Program to Fight Off Drug Addiction
Carmel IN Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching a new program to fight off the stranglehold of drug addiction that has adults and adolescents living less than normal lives in Carmel and surrounding towns. Too many people have… Continue reading