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I purposefully have not wanted to comment on the death of Michael Jackson since it has been well saturated by the press. I came across this article in the New York Times and felt compelled to post it because it reflects many of my personal feelings about treatment and his life. From everything I have [...]
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Medical Marijuana or legalization. Is this a marijuana of a different flavor? What is the proper and most cost effective treatment for those that abuse drugs and alcohol?
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This link also came to me from my friends at Addiction and Recovery news:No One Deserves to Die by Overdose | DrugReporter | AlterNet. I wanted to share the last paragraph of the article with you: We need to accept the reality that people will always use drugs, whether legal or illegal, prescribed or sold [...]
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A wine enthusiast writes about her month of sobriety. I think many of us struggle with what Nina Caplan writes about in her essay in the Economist. In todays society wine is almost thought of as “the non alcoholic” beverage. In our local newspaper there is a once a week section like “home and garden”, dedicated to [...]
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This is where we are – When he returned home from school today, I went into his room and told him what I found point blank. I did not involve his father, I did tell him, but I just dealt with it. Then I did not say anything, silence, we must have stared at each other for five minutes, when he started to talk. He told me he was not a “pot head”, that he just started and did I “not expect to have these problems, he is in high school”. I told him what my concerns were, his grades had dropped and that is a big indicator of drug usage. I also reminded him of what we have experienced as a family with his brother and that I had reason for concern. He told me he understood.
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I have had jury duty a few times in the past ten years and two of the roughly three times they have been for marijuana trials. The first was a “family guy” that was growing pot for personal medicinal purposes. That was about ten years ago and I was dismissed. Today I was questioned for [...]
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When I walked into the expo hall at Stitches West Friday afternoon and I was immediately breathless and overwhelmed. I have attended expos and conferences for industries I am excited about such as Search Marketing, Computer Programming, but never before had I felt an emotion like this. I also felt somewhat awkward, out of place and did not know where [...]
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Deadly in Pink – Big Tobacco Lures Women and Girls “Purse Packs” Depict Smoking as Feminine and Fashionable In the last two years, the cigarette industry has launched its most aggressive marketing campaigns aimed at women and girls in over a decade. Tobacco-Free Kids aims to shed light on these marketing campaigns and encourage health [...]
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