Prescription drug abuse can ‘ruin lives’
Natalie started abusing prescription drugs at 14 with a Vicodin caplet her friend had pilfered from her mother’s medicine cabinet. It wasn’t long before the Rockland County girl, now 16, was taking two pills during third period and another one before the end of the school day, she said.
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MELANIE REINBOLD: Impact of alcohol abuse worse than that of tobacco
Can someone please tell me why there is such a double standard regarding alcohol use and tobacco use? I do not use either, but I think alcohol causes far more problems than tobacco ever has. And yet the government wants to make it even more accessible.
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Drug war has failed on every front
After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost US$1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.Even US drug czar Gil Kerlikowske…
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