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Jakarta's STIGMA Foundation Reaches Out to Drug Users

18 hours ago ago from Cempaka Health, Welfare and Society

Jakarta Globe , February 09, 2010 Baby Virgarose Nurmaya, 29, started heroin at age 15. (Photo courtesy of STIGMA) Baby Virgarose Nurmaya started using heroin in high school when she was just 15 years old. Now 29, her long black hair falls across her soft features as she quietly recalls the past. She is soft-spoken and smiles constantly, but the deep scars on her forearms remain, signs of her struggle with drugs. A ...

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4 hours ago ago from "Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story" Lynn C. Tolson blog

I’ve been asked to testify on an amendment to a Colorado State bill: clarifying the requirement that certain persons report child abuse or neglect (C.R.S. 19-3-304). This will be personal testimony to help clear up an ambiguous section regarding mandatory reporting. The main concern is this: Should the law require that a mandatory reporter (such as a therapist) report (the perpetrator) when an individual over age 18 reveals abuse and/or ...

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11 hours ago ago from Prescription Drug Abuse

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Would Legalizing Drugs Help The Economy?

3 hours ago ago from Modeled Behavior

Would legalizing drugs be good for economic growth? This is one of the suggestions on Richard Posner's list of sensible actions the government could take to stimulate economic growth without increasing the deficit. Daniel Indiviglio  finds Posner's proposal to increase economic growth by legalizing drugs unconvincing, but I think Daniel's critique is pretty far off base, and really misses the key issues. Regarding the impact on federal ...

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9 hours ago ago from Varicose vein, varicose veins treatment, Vericose

Question: Good morning, doctor. My mother's feet varices. Age 76 years. Is it possible to use the drug DETRALEKS if the mother suffered a few years ago, myocardial infarction and, besides, not once were predinfarktnye state? Thanks in advance for the answer. Thank you. Answer: Hi Joe. Formally detraleks not contraindicated or myocardial infarction or with angina. In this respect, it can take it. However, as far as he needed her? Perhaps ...

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Mo. lawmakers consider ban on synthetic pot

10 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Mo. lawmakers consider ban on synthetic pot JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A widely available and legal drug that mimics the effects of marijuana could became illegal in Missouri through a bill considered Tuesday in the Legislature. Bill sponsor Rep. Ward Franz, R-West Plains, told the House Public Safety Committee that easy access to the drug, which is sold in smoke shops and on the Internet, means even children can purchase and use it ...

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