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Medicaid Expansion Could Be on Ballot in 2014

Medicaid expansion could be on ballot in 2014

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Supporters have been discouraged by Faber and other conservatives who have talked of a more-limited expansion, possibly just to those in need of mental-health care and drug-addiction services, and new mandates such as drug testing, work requirements …
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Prescription drugs: 'No single solution' to resolve addiction

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What Are the Requirements to Start a Suboxone Treatment Program?

Question by C’s ma: What are the requirements to start a suboxone treatment program?
I really am interested in starting a suboxone treatment program. I would really like some more information. My fear is that i will get to the doctor and he will tell me i do not qualify and i will be stuck in this mess again. I am also scared that he will call social services on me since i have a daughter and am admitting to be a pain pill addict. Any ideas?

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Why Have Governments Around the World Allowed the Illegal Trade of Illicit Drugs to Spiral Out of Control?

Question by Seraphim: Why have governments around the world allowed the illegal trade of illicit drugs to spiral out of control?
What is the appeal with taking drugs, like heroin, ecstasy and cannabis knowing the harm that they cause? As far as I know, kids are taking a plant food product, called Miaow. Why?

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Answer by ?
It’s not about ‘allowing’ it, the drugs war is fundamentally unwinnable, as was alcohol prohibition

All it does is gives criminal gangs large amounts of power and money

Why Are Some Drug Addicts Rewarded With “free” Drugs and Others Sentenced to Years in Prison?

Question by ern.ev2u: Why are some drug addicts rewarded with “free” drugs and others sentenced to years in prison?
If drugs are so bad why do so many people take them? Does anyone have the right to tell me what i can or cant do to my own body.

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Answer by MadameZ
None of it makes sense. Some folks are addicted to alcohol and cigarettes and this is OK. But if police find you with MJ or cocaine, you get busted and do jail time.

It’s ridiculous. They should either be all illegal or all legal.

Prescription Drug Abuse — Federal Legislation Merits Full Support

Prescription drug abuse — Federal legislation merits full support

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Two West Virginia Democrats have reintroduced bills in Congress aimed at fighting prescription drug abuse. The measures are a necessary step in helping to curb the rampant abuse of prescription narcotics in the Mountain State and across the nation.
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Drug and alcohol center seeks help to avoid cutbacks

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What Do You Think About My Animal Testing Essay?

Question by Nahc: What do you think about my animal testing essay?
Im in grade 10 btw.
What do you think about my animal testing essay? What can I add or remove? Any changes?

Imagine living inside a locked closet without any control of your life. You can’t choose when and what you want to eat, or how you will spend your time. You can’t even decide when the lights go on and off. Think about spending your entire life like this, even though you have committed no crime. This is life for an animal in a laboratory. It is deprivation, isolation, and misery.