Anti-Drug Groups Lining Up Against Medical-Marijuana Amendment

Published February 28, 2013

Anti-drug groups lining up against medical-marijuana amendment

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

Kevin Sabet, a substance-abuse expert and prominent opponent of legalizing marijuana for medical use, speaks at a Statehouse news conference with other opponents of legalization. By Alan Johnson. The Columbus Dispatch Thursday February 28, 2013 …
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Kye Nordfelt earns national honor for work to end drug abuse

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"Our mission is to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. We organize community members from a variety of walks of life — doctors, dentists, police officers, mental health experts, youth, parents who have lost children to substance abuse. They don't want to …
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Drug dangers explored at forum

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Many declared prescription drug abuse to be an epidemic in the county and much of western Pennsylvania, and that the prescription drug abusers of today are the heroin addicts of tomorrow. Bacha rolled out statistics — including the current number of …
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Kiwis on drugs: a blueprint for the future?

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Callaghan concluded that the answer was state prohibition – the criminal justice system would be the main tool to fight drug abuse. Those who argued that Britain should retain its traditional harm-reduction model were drowned out. The New Zealand …
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