President Obama Discourages Drug Use, but Won't Go After Washington Pot …

President Obama discourages drug use, but won't go after Washington pot …

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President Obama says the federal government will not go after recreational marijuana users in Washington, now that pot is legal in our state. "We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama told Barbara Walters in an interview ABC News will air tonight. This is Mr.
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Young binge eaters more likely to abuse drugs, study shows

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Those who admitted to overeating or binge eating were 1.59 to 1.89 times more likely to abuse drugs. Binge eaters — not overeaters — were also 1.73 times more likely to be overweight or obese and 2.19 times more likely to show depressive symptoms.
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12 Charged In Prescription Drug Abuse Bust

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(WLNS) – A dozen people are facing felony charges in connection with a prescription drug abuse bust, Lansing police say. Officials said on Monday afternoon that they believe there were two separate drug rings operating between the 12 people facing …
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Drug Addiction – 1951 Drug Abuse & Social Guidance / Educational Documentary – The following movie synopsis courtesy the Prelinger Archives. The movie can also be downloaded from the archives at archive.org Marty, a “good boy,” experiments with marijuana and experiences “profound mental and emotional disturbances.” As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to “H,” and Marty’s decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction’s stilted view of the urban drug culture and unrealistic portrayals of stoned slackers make it entertaining viewing today. It belongs to that little-known “second wave” of anti-drug films, the postwar scare stories about middle-class kids overcome by junkiedom. What this wave of films reveals is that drugs were an issue for white adolescents long before the psychedelic Sixties, and that the official response to the threat expressed a general, not specifically targeted paranoia. Ken Smith sez: This film chronicles the decline and fall of “Marty” (see Are You Ready For Marriage?), a “good boy” who becomes a junkie. Marty’s experimentation begins with marijuana, which produces “profound mental and emotional disturbances.” Marty then goes straight to “H,” which he buys from Louie, the local dealer (who keeps his stash in a lamp base). Marty is caught, sent to a drug rehab center (where he cuts down dead corn stalks and plays checkers), and reforms. The scene where Marty and some of his stoned friends drink out of broken Pepsi bottles is memorable. As in all drug films, the …

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Lets make Meth, cocaine & heroine illegal too and that will stop drug abuse. – by chyrilshalom (Cheryl A. Harper)

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I bet they’ll use drug abuse or mental health issues as excuses. Typical shit.. – by Famous_Amos25 (Bad Juju™)

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MT @RepHalRogers: Be sure to watch Operation UNITE’s @karenlkelly on @CNN’s 10AM show to speak on losing loved ones to Rx drug abuse. – by EndRxAbuse (End Rx Abuse)