One in 20 Children Aged 11 Have Taken Drugs

One in 20 children aged 11 have taken drugs

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… even Class As such as heroin and cocaine – is not a criminal offence. Instead users can be handed a spot fine or have their passport taken away, and addicts are encouraged to seek treatment. But the Prime Minister said: 'I don't support …
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John Belushi's drug problems caused headaches on The Blues Brothers set

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The piece continues, "He (Belushi) has become a blessed wreck, thanks mostly to his spiraling (and ultimately lethal) addiction to cocaine. On days when coke gets the best of Belushi, production stalls. And when production stalls, money burns… Tanen …
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Encouraging community could help us avoid more senseless violence

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Many scientists are becoming concerned that our Internet usage, including Facebook, texting, games, and simply Web surfing, actually changes the structure and function of our brains in similar ways to cocaine addiction and impulse-control disorders.
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CU Science Update 28 – Cocaine Addiction – How the brain processes information could help us understand the mechanism behind cocaine addiction. CU’s Institute of Behavioural Genetics is using state-of-the-art technology to gain insight into how psychostimulant drugs alter our brains. The results of this work could one day help addicts recover fully from their dependency on drugs. CU Science Update’s Angelica Kalika met with Dr. Don Cooper, Associate Professor in CU’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience to learn more about his lab’s investigation into cocaine addiction. Hosted by Joanna Merrill. Produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder Journalism and Mass Communication students.