war on drugs

Do the Drug Cartels and the Drug Police Remind You of Two Warring Armies Who Long Ago Forgot…?

Question by xaptation: Do the drug cartels and the drug police remind you of two warring armies who long ago forgot…?
…what they were fighting over and have devolved into looting and terrorizing the populace?

This story has made me so angry I can barely think straight.

What’s Worse the Effects of the War on Drugs or Addiction?

Question by Q K: What’s worse the effects of the War On Drugs or addiction?
War On Drugs raises the price of drugs making traffickers super rich including terrorists. We’ll lose the Afghan war cause the Taliban has all the money coming from their opium trade. The fight against terrrorism is at stake cause we stick to enforcing drug laws that are unenforceable. We need to legalize, regulate and tax them like any tobacco product is. Instead of deficits fighting drug cartels we’ll have profits to be used to educate and rehabilitate drug addicts.

Best answer:

Drugs, Security, and Latin America: The New Normal?

Drugs, Security, and Latin America: The New Normal?

Filed under: drug abuse definition

And at the end of the day you have a finite number of fingers to plug with, defined by how much money the United States Congress and the taxpayers that send them to office are prepared to dedicate to this particular exercise. Finally, and with somewhat …
Read more on Scoop.co.nz (press release)

 

Jeremy Miller: Synthetic drug laws need expansion

Filed under: drug abuse definition

Drugs—'It'S Everybody's Problem'

Drugs—'It's everybody's problem'

Filed under: drug addiction symptoms

“It's everybody's problem,” said Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans [R], who read a list of local drug enforcement statistics from the past two years. The sheriff implored attendees to give police as much help as possible by reporting suspicious …
Read more on Bay Net

 

Gov Christie's Powerful Speech on Drug Addiction [VIDEO]

Filed under: drug addiction symptoms

Governor Christie discusses the war on drugs and how NJ is failing in its efforts. Rather than incarcerating non-violent drug offenders, the governor is suggesting rehabilitation as a means to get these people help. Placing these offenders into jail …
Read more on New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

How to Overcome Prescription Drug Addiction?

Question by Ana: How to overcome prescription drug addiction?
I have been addicted to prescription pain pills for almost 2 years

Best answer:

Answer by katie
Suboxone is a miracle drug for opiate addictions! This is the good news…

Other drugs are tougher I hear, as is imagine that they taper you off…

I do think that if opiates are your issue, and Suboxone is in your budget, you should look into it…

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

 


 

Growth in Treatment Has Led to More Innovation

Growth in Treatment Has Led to More Innovation

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act

Insurance coverage for addiction treatment has been expanded more in the past five months than in the preceding five decades. Contrary to the common complaint that nothing is changing in the “war on drugs”, the U.S. has never been closer to providing …
Read more on New York Times

 

On cloud nine with man of the moment and Oscar winner Jared Leto

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act