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My Stomach Is Turning & Heart Sunk… Phila Area Reports a Woman Claims to Have Thrown a Newborn Over Bridge!?

Question by Angel_Mom of 2 Pretty Girls: My stomach is turning & heart sunk… Phila area reports a woman claims to have thrown a newborn over bridge!?
I heard this on the news this morning… In the Philadelphia area about reports that someone claimed a newborn was thrown off a bridge during the early morning hours. Still no proof if this is true or not but rescue teams and police jumped into action in a search effort. Now more reports are coming out that the woman who called in the claim to a South Jersey hospital also called a drug rehab and also claimed to have thrown her 2 & 4 year old over the bridge also…

Christian Drug Rehab Program- a Life Free From Drug Addiction


 

Christian Drug Rehab Program- A Life Free From Drug Addiction – http://transformationstreatment.com/blog/ Drug Addiction can really take a strangle hold on your life. Your success, your hard work, everything you fought so…

 

Oklahoma puts priority on aiding kids taken from drug houses

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… where drugs were routinely used or sold. In 2011, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control launched an initiative to revive the state's priority on drug-endangered children after witnessing the rise in meth labs over the last …
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How Serious Is a Juvenile Drug Paraphernalia Charge?

Question by : How serious is a juvenile drug paraphernalia charge?
Last night me and a friend were by some baseball fields getting ready to smoke pot. My friend started packing a bowl and hit it and handed it to me but a car started coming towards us and it turned out being the popo, so he came up and smelled the car and searched it and my friend handed the officer his two bowls and his 0.2 grams left that he had and I had a bowl with resign only inside so the cop arrested us both on drug paraphernalia charges and I was wondering what all my consequences could be since ill have to go to court soon and were both 16 and live in Illinois.

What Does This Quote Mean to You ?

Question by Bobbi_boo: what does this quote mean to you ?
Reflection Quote: Alan I. Leshner, Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, defines drug addiction as:

“Drug addiction is uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”

Merriam-Webster defines uncontrollable as being free from control by a superior authority. It also defines a compulsion as an irresistible, persistent impulse or obsession.

What does Alan I. Leshner’s definition of drug addiction mean to you both as a driver responsible for your own actions and as a driver sharing the road with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists?

What Are the Drugs Used for Addiction Treatment?

Question by blair a: What are the drugs used for addiction treatment?
I am especially interested in those that are used to counter heroin addiction. I do know about methadone, but aside from that, what other drugs are used?

Best answer:

Answer by colleen_li
The other kinds of medications used for the treatment of heroin addiction are: naltrexone, naloxone (used in cases of overdose), and buprenorphine, among others. Buprenorphine is fairly new, but it seems to be an appealing alternative to methadone since the effect of just a single injection can last for up to 6 weeks. Keep in mind, though, that medications alone won’t be enough treatment for heroin addicts. They also need therapy, counseling, and even rehabilitation.

Free or Inexpensive Teen Residential Drug Rehab?

Question by mom of 5: free or inexpensive teen residential drug rehab?
does anyone know of a free or low cost residential drug rehab for teens in or between the galveston tx and houston tx area if so please reply asap thank you

Best answer:

Answer by chieromancer
i just found this website

http://www.teensdrugrehab.com/treatment.cfm/x/Texas/y/Houston.htm

also, see if the police or your county health system can help you.

Good luck.

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