drug and alcohol abuse

What Are the Negative Consequences of Drug Use and Abuse?

Question by jjthenerd: What are the negative consequences of drug use and abuse?
I also need the contacts to various support groups and community services that can help with quitting addiction, for example Kids Help Line (the contacts of which I also need). Please include suggestions for making decisions regarding drug use. I’d also like POSITIVE alternitives to drug use.

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Senators Up Marijuana Penalties to Appease the Governor

Senators Up Marijuana Penalties To Appease The Governor

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If you're like most Americans, you have been led to believe that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug that has destroyed the lives of millions of teens and adults. You have been encouraged to believe that marijuana causes lung cancer and is a …
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Domestic Violence Expert Testifies in Arias Trial

Domestic violence expert testifies in Arias trial

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Jodi Arias' attorneys are upset that prosecutor Juan Martinez posed for pictures with fans outside the courthouse and that jurors might be influenced by the hero worship. FOX 10's Steve … the witness stand. A domestic violence expert testified …
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Forget Beatles-mania, it's ego-mania! Sir Paul McCartney mocks Oasis for

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Outdoors Outpost

Outdoors Outpost

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March, 2002 – A ten-year-old boy, along with seven friends, was suspended from Dry Creek Elementary School in Centennial, Colorado, for pointing their fingers like guns during a game of 'Army and Aliens' on the school playground. – Washington Times …
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Southwest Va. Regional Jail needs to expand; Smyth OKs plan

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He did note that the jails do offer a number of programs to encourage rehabilitation, including education and GED programs, drug-addiction treatment, psychiatric counseling and faith-oriented programs. The supervisors voted their support for the …
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Miami Graffiti Artist Krave Finishes Painting Into Action Treatment Center

Miami Graffiti Artist Krave Finishes Painting Into Action Treatment Center

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The center is the only Hyannis format Big Book Step Study drug rehab in the world, which involves going through the steps as they are described in the Big Book, basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous. The transportation vans at the Into Action Treatment …
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Minister's son jailed for 18 years

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Delray Recovery Center Treats Steroid and Performance Enhancing Drug Abuse

Delray Recovery Center Treats Steroid and Performance Enhancing Drug Abuse

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Delray Recovery Center is a Florida addiction treatment facility that offers individualized treatment plans for drug addiction, alcohol addiction, eating disorders and co-occurring disorders that include anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. The …
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