Why Was It That Obama Lifted the Ban on HIV Infected People to Come to the States Again?
Question by The Fed Up Matthew™: Why was it that Obama lifted the ban on HIV infected people to come to the States again?
Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Strains of mutant HIV emerging in the U.S. and Europe threaten to undermine progress made in expanding access to treatment in poor countries, a study published online by the journal Science found.
About 60 percent of drug-resistant HIV strains circulating in San Francisco can spur self-sustaining epidemics as patients who haven’t been treated spread them, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles said in the study. Similar trends are emerging in other rich cities including New York, Chicago and London, said Sally Blower, a professor of mathematical biology, who led the research.
Need a Support Group for Family Members of Drug Users?
Question by negativenancy911: Need a support group for family members of drug users?
Both of my parents abuse drugs, and i need a support group to help me get through this. FYI: Im 32 years old parents are in their late 50’s. The drug abuse started well before i was born.
Best answer:
Answer by Sandra M
Nar A Non, look in the phone book for Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous. I know for members of AA they have Al-A-Non for family members. It is free all you have to do is go to meetings. They have schedules of meetings in your area. You can also call the local mental health hotline and ask them or the hospital in your area.
Why Doesn’t Nicotine (Which Is a Drug) Treated the Same as Other Drug Addictions. Like Treatment Centers Paid
Question by breeze1: Why doesn’t nicotine (which is a drug) treated the same as other drug addictions. Like treatment centers paid
for by insurance and medicare. People who are drug tested positive for illegal drugs are often offered treatment as an option to losing their jobs. in fact drug addiction is listed as a disease, it’s not just a bad habit, . Since nicotine is an addictive drug, users are drug addicts and therefor sick people, so why do we punish them and not offer medical help.I guess it’s because insurance and government do what they want and ignore their irrationality.
i’m not suggestion putting smokers in prison, I’m saying you can be an alcholic or drug addict and go to a treatment center for inpatient treatment usually 28 days and its covered by insurance, but with nicotine which is as hard to stop as herion, you are supposed to stop on your on with no help but a patch. That is discriminatory. It is either a disease or it’s not.
The government wants me to stop smoking so they are taxing cigarettes more and more and forcing my employer to make the work place tobacco free so, yea, they should pay for treatment.
Prescription Drug Use Cuts
Prescription Drug Use Cuts
Filed under: drug abuse
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT)-PharmaNet, a centralized prescription network that has provided real-time information to pharmacists in British Columbia since July 1995, has resulted in a dramatic decline in prescription drug abuse, specifically for opioid …
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Substance abuse is 'problem No. 1' in aboriginal North
Filed under: drug abuse
Stanley Vollant knows more than most people about the pain that lies behind the gas-sniffing tragedy in Natuashish, Labrador. Quebec's first aboriginal surgeon, Vollant grew up in poverty on a reserve near Baie Comeau, didn't speak English or French …
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Prescription Pill Abuse?
Question by Less Confused: Prescription Pill Abuse?
Why is it not a bigger deal?
There’s all kinds of anti-drug propaganda about marijuana. You can’t watch TV without see one of those silly commercials. But even the strictest person has to realize marijuana is the least of anyone’s problems.
Everyone I know abuses prescription pills. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, Xanax…many more I can’t name. Middle aged housewives trade these amongst themselves like candy. They give them to their children to calm them down…I’ve witnessed this on many occasions.
Almost everyone has a prescription for some type of “nerve pill” or pain pill…yet it’s impossible for everyone to have that kind of problem.
Pamela C. Marsh: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Pamela C. Marsh: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Filed under: effects of drug abuse
As a prosecutor, I constantly see the devastating effect of drug abuse on individuals whose lives are changed forever after they are convicted of selling and trafficking illegal controlled substances. I also see, up close and personal, the destruction …
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DA to begin prosecution of mothers who use drugs
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