DEADLY DOPE: Heroin Deaths Hit Weatherford Hard

DEADLY DOPE: Heroin deaths hit Weatherford hard

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

Menefee was also a talented artist who had received a full scholarship to Texas Wesleyan University but those close to him said his substance abuse prevented that. Mechanically minded, he had recently started a job learning the HVAC business and picked …
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Synthetic Marijuana Leaves Honors Student Brain-Damaged

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

Unfortunately, for one Texas family, the drug nearly cost them their daughter. According to CNN … Synthetic marijuana was linked to nearly 12,000 emergency room visits in 2010, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Teen Had A Stroke After Smoking Synthetic Marijuana

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

… a stroke and nearly died after smoking synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as “spice.” The 16-year-old from Cypress, Texas was near death in December but has made a miraculous recovery from a stroke and other medical issues caused by smoking …
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Maine bath salts bust leads to 0000 drug seizure in Texas

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President Barack Obama sig ned the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 on July 9, 2012 banning the sale of three most widely used synthetic bath salts components, synthetic marijuana and nearly two dozen other man-made drugs, that also …
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