Home Office tour to study drug policies in 10 countries

Filed under: Drug Addiction Washington

Browne is also likely to go to the two US states of Washington and Colorado, which both voted last November to legalise the recreational use of marijuana. Browne will visit Sweden, whose zero-tolerance take on drug policy and abstinence-driven approach …
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Extinction in a bottle

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Detox diets and the expanding market in fake medicine also irritate Washington University nutrition director, Connie Diekman. … Detoxification is a specialist treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction and heavy metal contamination; and is heavily …
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Is this the end of the cocaine high?

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In 2010 a human trial of a cocaine vaccine caused some addicts to go “broke buying cocaine from multiple drug dealers, hoping to find a variety that would get them high,” reported The Washington Post. That's because vaccines don't help with a drug …
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Happy International Lagwagon Day

Filed under: Drug Addiction Washington

In 2003, Lagwagon returned with the release of Blaze. Then, in 2005, they were rocked with tragic news. They learned that original drummer Derrick Plourde, who may or may not have been bipolar, had committed suicide after battling drug addiction.
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