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A presentation by Birtha Shaw, RN from Central Carolina Hospital, explained that strokes are the No. 4 cause of deaths in North Carolina, Risk factors are hypertension, diabetes, inactivity, obesity, smoking, drug abuse and high cholesterol. High blood …
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Science Hill SRO keeps parents informed with drug talk
Goff said that the purpose of the talk, delivered through a PowerPoint presentation, was to inform those in attendance about drug trends, and is not a warning sign or alert about any drug problem at Science Hill, but just things she's noticed while …
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Question by ??v?? ?????: What caused you to sever ties with your addiction?
Whichever addiction it may have been at the time.

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Answer by Walt
i tried but it keeps on stalking me

Answer by smokingplane
planned on having kids, stopped smoking & stopped an occasional weed habbit.
Never had a problem or regret from quiting both of them.

Codependency Issues and Recovery – Milestones Recovery Series — How codependent people sabotage and enable addicts In a new series of video interviews that chronicle leaders and developments in the addiction recovery worl…

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Dutch sound alarm about possible risks of e-cigarettes
The perfect coffee while you wait…in traffic. Lavazza has launched a …. The institute said it was concerned about a lack of evidence on the possible health effects of e-cigarettes, and said that as a precaution, they should not be used by pregnant …
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Ask the doctor: How can I stop my hernia from popping out?
Withdrawal symptoms can occur – for example if a regular heavy coffee drinker stops completely – usually in the form of a headache, which can be quite severe and last for a few days. However, we would call that dependency rather than addiction, as …
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Report urges drug policy re-focus
A refocusing of Scotland's approach to drug treatment should take place, with the emphasis on the cause of individuals' addiction, a report says
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Attention Tao Hongkai: shut the hell up and sit down
Yesterday, I wrote about the controversy surrounding the remarks of a Chinese university professor and supposed gaming addiction expert Tao Hongkai. Before we go any further, though, in case you missed that post here’s what Tao said again. This was … The post Attention Tao Hongkai: shut the hell up and sit down appeared first on Games in Asia.
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Question by question4u: Why is America such a consumer saturated culture?
Why has America become such a consumer culture? The reason I ask this is because it is causing many consumer related illnesses (shopping addiction, alcoholism, gambling addiction etc.) It also effects our enviornment, and is it worse now than its ever been and what can we do to stop it?

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Answer by S H
Because the US is a country which has the most resources available to anyone and the US way of life has become a selfish and greedy one.

It will never be stopped. Our government is too weak and only willing to fill their own pockets.

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Question by The Guy With The Username: Is smoking marijuana that big of a deal?
I’m not planning on smoking it but I wanna know why it’s made into such a big deal.

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Answer by Okkikunare.
1. It is well documented, thanks to a lot of studies done in nations that don’t have such a strange view of weed, that marijuana use by adolescents results in alterations in brain development. It retards the development of emotional coping mechanisms even with moderate use and with heavy use is documented to cause long term memory and learning issues. The problem is that when KIDS whose brains haven’t finished developing use weed and any number of other perception altering drugs/medications it results in an alteration of the development of the brain. Marijuana isn’t “Bad” but before around the age of 18/19 it is harmful to a specific group of people. Moderate use by ADULTS is less harmful than alcohol but for Adolescents, it is bad.    Read more...