Regional News Briefs

Regional News Briefs
[rewrite]Medications should not be flushed down toilets or poured in sinks because sewage treatment plants are not designed to remove them and the drugs are discharged to Lake Michigan, according to MMSD officials. Collection efforts also prevent accidental …[/rewrite]
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E-cig industry awaits looming federal regulation
[rewrite]Regulators aim to answer the burning question posed by Kenneth Warner, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health: "Is this going to be the disruptive technology that finally takes us in the direction of getting rid of cigarettes …[/rewrite]
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I Know a Lady Who Runs an Assisted Living Facility in Her House.?

Question by : I know a lady who runs an assisted living facility in her house.?
[rewrite]One of the residents has Parkinson’s disease and the owner has Power of Attorney for the resident. He has no family and has almost no function of is body or is lucid for very long. He doesn’t have much longer to live and has lived in her house as a resident for almost twenty years. I just found out that she has activated many credit cards and has put him in horrible debt, which is illegal. Her son is a teenager and uses and sells drugs which I am sure he has inside the house. She has left them with unqualified caregivers who don’t give medications properly and even one who has abused the residents. One of her residents’ recently passed away and I heard that she had two women who were her other son’s girlfriends watching the residents while she was out of town. The lady had a stroke in the morning and neither of the women who were supposedly watching the residents felt any need to call the owner or for medical help and resident showed visible signs of having a stroke, they left her alone in her room ignored. Is there a way to anonymously report the owner? How would someone go about doing this in the State of Maryland…please help! Thank you
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Fire Kills Eight at Russian Drug Rehab Centre

Fire kills eight at Russian drug rehab centre
[rewrite]MOSCOW – Eight people died on Sunday when a fire ravaged a drug rehab centre in Russia's Altai region, investigators said, the latest tragedy to raise questions about security standards at the country's medical care institutions. The bodies of eight …[/rewrite]
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Medicaid rates pinch treatment centers
[rewrite]But a stopgap solution for the detox centers will leave those providing other kinds of inpatient and outpatient drug treatment around the state to wait for a longer-term study of rates. Some of those are similarly struggling under payment rates that …[/rewrite]
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Faith Leaders Issue Easter Statement on War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration

Faith Leaders Issue Easter Statement on War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration
[rewrite]The statement calls for repealing laws that criminalize drug possession and replacing them with policies that expand access to effective health approaches to drug use, including evidence-based drug treatment. It also calls for the elimination of …[/rewrite]
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Religious Leaders Release “Easter Statement” Calling for an End to the War on
[rewrite]“We are guided by our religious principles to serve those in need and give voice to those who have been marginalized and stigmatized by unjust policies. We cannot sit silently while a misguided war is waged on entire communities, ostensibly under the …[/rewrite]
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Homeless Shelter Director Suggests Closing It Down

Homeless shelter director suggests closing it down
[rewrite]Ukiah may lose its homeless shelter this summer as its overseers consider at a meeting today how to stop bleeding money and better help those who need housing, food, mental health services and substance abuse counseling. Jacqueline Williams … The …[/rewrite]
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Commentary: By MANUEL COOCHUM
[rewrite]The families of our communities are standing their ground from people who are causing these drug problems. We need to solve this problem today, not tomorrow or the next … We always have to listen to what they are saying about this drug problem we're …[/rewrite]
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How Can I Stop a Marijuana Addiction?

Question by : How can I stop a marijuana addiction?
[rewrite]Can someone give me some tips on how to stop my marijuana addiction?
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Best answer:
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Answer by Thomas R
Try cigarettes?

Answer by Duke Sibbert
why stop????

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K2 user hopes story of addiction stops users
[rewrite]Some call it synthetic marijuana, spice or K2, there is a law law that says stores can't sell it, but someone who used the drug told FOX23 the law does not stop it. … He said he locked himself at home and struggled through withdrawal with his family …[/rewrite]
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