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Probation issue sends Orbits back to jail
At her 2012 sentencing, Nalley, whom Orbits appeared before again on Friday, stipulated in her terms of probation that she was expressly forbidden from entering any place that sold alcohol throughout her probation. The probation … Orbits' lawyer, La …
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E-cigarettes face curb in public places in Wales
It also argues that children could be tempted to try them, which could lead to nicotine addiction and be a gateway to smoking. … "Alcohol and tobacco contribute to many life-threatening illnesses and are major causes of persistent inequalities in health.
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Parents' Addiction May Be Linked to Arthritis in Offspring
After adjusting for age, sex and race, the University of Toronto researchers concluded that adults whose parents were addicted to alcohol or drugs had a 58 percent greater risk of arthritis. The findings were published online recently in the …
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Battling the rising tide of addiction in St. Mary's
When people use opiates — like Vicodin, Oxycontin and the street drug heroin — for long periods of time, quitting isn't just about willpower and determination, those who work with the addicted say. The drugs physically alter the brain. Human brains …
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Doctors need more education to mitigate the risks associated with these drugs
Re: MDs facing substantial abuse from patients after painkillers, Feb. 27. Physicians being abused, whether physically or verbally, by patients seeking prescription drugs is a terrible symptom of a larger problem — the growing opioid addiction …
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Pregnant and Addicted to Opiates: what to do? Can you taper to sobriety during pregnancy? — There are studies showing women’s successfully tapering their narcotic habit during pregnancy, through gradually decreasing doses of methadone. These days, h…

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Opinion: College Students addicted to Study Drugs
College students are addicts. As I sat down to write this column, I simultaneously checked Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook on my phone. I disgust me. Internet addiction is a very real problem for college students, and some people think they …
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Rise in narcotics addiction a tragedy here, too
It's safe to say many of our readers probably know someone who has some form of addiction, be it caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, prescription drugs or illegal substances. … While his loss is tragic, what happened to him is happening right here in our …
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Question by Alison S: Codeine addiction or proper use?
I have a back problem called Scoliosis which gives me a lot of pain in my lower back. My doctor prescribed me codeine with paracetamol to help the pain which worked brilliantly but I’m a bit worried about continuing to use it over a long period of time. I’ve been taking the tablets which are 500mg paracetamol/15mg codeine four times a day for the last two years. I don’t experience this high feeling which I have heard can happen with codeine use but I feel that is has taken away my back pain almost completely. I can lead a normal life without feeling constant pain. If I stop taking the pills its not long before I have back pain again and I must also be having some kind of withdrawals from the pills as I have headaches, shakes and suffer from severe diarrhea. I have always stuck to the prescribed dose and I have never taken more than 8 tablets within 24 hours. I am worried though that taking these tablets over a long period could cause damage to my liver and even though they have helped my pain a great deal I am worried about becoming dependent on them. I can’t possibly take them forever can I? I don’t like having to rely on pills but what else can I do? Am I using them properly or is it an addiction as I feel like I want to stop taking them but can’t. I’m not really sure what to do. Should I just continue taking the prescribed dose as I am doing since it is helping my pain? Is there ever a reason to continue taking codeine over a long period as long as it is not more than the prescribed dose?    Read more...

Question by Tyralicious: Whats your opinion on teenagers cutting?
What do you say about 14 year old cutting themselves?
Ill say that, i do cut myself. And its started i guess the beginning of this year. Its been hard for me. an Like, i was heart broken pretty badly and ive been having really bad dreams of me being molested when i was little. so I began to cut myself and hiding it from every living soul. so what do yuu say about it, its just like Drunkiess, or CrackHeads, or potheads. Thats there way of copingg. its more that an addiction than anythingg. what do yuu think ?

im 14 btw.

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Question by Alexander – Losing Control: Possible Drug Addiction Question?
If a person occasionally experimented with drugs, but never had an addiction to them, until something happened and said person turned to drugs as an answer and abused drugs for a couple of weeks until somebody snapped them out of it, will that person easily fall back into abusing the drugs if they use a small amount. The person never had problems before, and only abused the drugs for a few weeks…not really an extended period of time. Is said person a drug addict, or no?
I’m sorry if my run-on sentence was confusing….:(

And is this the correct place to post such a question? I wasn’t sure which category it best belonged in.

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Answer by Molly
you should be arrested drugs are illegal.

Answer by j TANG
Are you this person?

It TOTALLY depends on your self control.    Read more...