‘Drug Endangered Children’ Laws Will Do More Harm Than Good

‘Drug Endangered Children’ Laws Will Do More Harm Than Good
We often do more damage to kids under the guise of protecting them than we would by applying harm reduction strategies that would help to ameliorate drug abuse in our communities. The Drug Policy Alliance is particularly concerned that the law as amended …
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Drug Abuse Council supports ganja decriminalisation
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) believes that the use of marijuana in Jamaica should be decriminalised not only for medicinal purposes, but also for religious and recreation. “The position of the National …
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Parents Academy debunks 'marijuana myths,' talks teen drug use
Bartwell, a former deputy director of Demand Reduction at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was speaking to Barrington-area parents as part of her Parents Academy …
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Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse on the Rise
The growing alarm to drug abuse is nothing new, but as the number of deaths rise in Fairfield County, Norwalk officials are warning the community of what has become not only a state-wide epidemic, but a local emergency. State-wide drug-related deaths …
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Northampton Prevention Coalition leader moving on to new job with drug abuse …
The city's Prevention Coalition began as a task force in 2008 managed by SPIFFY. In 2010, the group was awarded a five-year grant from the National Drug Free Communities Support Program to expand its substance abuse prevention work with Northampton …
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