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Question by will: what do you do when you report something to the police and they dont do anything about it?
What do you do when you report to the police about children being at a known drug house? I have seen people come in and out of this house at all hours of the night and recently noticed a guy is living there and he has two daughters that i know of that he gets visitation? One daughter is about 2 years old and his other daughter looks to be about 5 or 6. I have reported this to local police and the sheriff and family services and they have done nothing. this is a small town where everyone knows everyone. I dont know what to do. I dont want to see something happen to those children.
Best answer:
Answer by baby otter
I would google “non profit child abuse prevention” in your city. Most of them have 1800 numbers, and will most likely give you a solid answer on how to take care of this situation. The Children’s Defense Fund’s Number is Tel: 800-CDF-1200 (800-233-1200). They are a wonderful national organization that advocates against child abuse.
Roundtable on heroin, opioid addiction in Carmel
The bipartisan task force is chaired by Senator Phil Boyle (R-C-I, Suffolk County), chairman of the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Members will examine the issues and solicit input from experts and others about addiction prevention and …
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Opinion: When substance abuse impacts the workplace
Prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic status. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that more people die from prescription painkillers than from heroin or cocaine1, and that one person is dying every 19 minutes2 in …
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The drug that stops heroin
"Things are happening very quickly," said Penny Bruce, a public health employee for the city of Medford and coordinator of the Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative for Medford, Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield and Reading. "A lot of …
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Question by me: How come nicotine is not a schedule I substance?
Nicotine meets all the criteria for being a schedule substance:
– The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
-The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
– There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Why is it not a schedule I substance or a II-V substance?? Isn’t it the one of the most addictive substances…? Why is THC labeled as a hallucinogen?
4Get the THC stuff, I don’t know why I added it in.
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Answer by Apocalypse Cow
Follow the $ – all those tobacco growers and cigarette makers make pretty good contributions to our lawmakers.
Answer by Mathieu
Firstly the American Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not define “abuse.”
From that alone it can be argued that nicotine does not fit criteria for abuse. Generally speaking to abuse something means to use it in a manner that is inappropriate (ie abusing a wife, husband, child). Thus a person taking prescription morphine would be “abusing” it by taking more than prescribed under that definition. However medically “substance abuse” is a diagnosis below addiction (technically known as “substance dependence” or “dependence syndrome”). The medical definition of abuse would not include taking two tablets of morphine- it only relates to potential problems that may arise from that (ie to have “abuse” there needs to be harm from the drug use).
However what would really support the idea of having nicotine under schedule I is that the DOJ/DEA has said, simply put, that if a substance is generally considered to have no medical use AND it is generally considered to have at least some abuse potential then it should be classified under schedule I.
That would also exclude putting nicotine anywhere except C-I without accepted medical use (FYI there are some limited but important medical uses in neurology/psychiatry).
Then again the CSA is intended to list the abuse risk and potential, not the dangerousness of a drug.
In the end the CSA was designed to meet the obligations under The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and The Convention on Psychotropic Substances. To a large extent it is hardly even American legislation, it is just international law ratified by Congress.
And nicotine (remember the CSA came into effect in 1970) is both in 1970 and 2010 would not be controlled because that is not really accepted. In the US currently about 1/4 of the population smokes (it was around 50% in the 70’s) and in some countries that number can be as high as 60% today. Politically the US is extraordinary divided- imagine the hell it would be for a politician to try to basically make all tobacco produces illegal. Not the mention the lobby groups, the job loss (both directly from production and the job loss from gas station and grocery stores resulting from a loss of income from cigarettes). And then the loss of tax money especially when cites, counties, states, and the federal government are broke. It would cause a loss of services and would be directly felt my everyone. Also it is very hard to get a drug under C-I and still comply with international law (like it or not there does have to be compliance). Rohypnol is, for example, not available for medical use in The US but it is schedule IV to comply with international law (Rohypnol is a benzodiazepine like Valium, which is a legal CIV drug. But Rohypnol is legal in most of the world). Even if The US did want to put nicotine under C-I then there would be issues of international law and many countries would never agree.
I know how stupid it is and how it looks like a good thing to do but that is life. Smoking is part of the culture- I have an occasional cigaret especially if a friend went to visit Iran or The Middle East and brought back some cigarettes (I think in The US getting things from Iran would be illegal). I also have an occasional Cuban cigar.
If you ask most experts they would admit that if alcohol or nicotine would be developed now they would be listed under C-I. Although unlike nicotine, alcohol meets the criteria as a true drug of abuse in every way. Although medically nicotine dependence (ie addiction) is a genuine diagnosis it is controversial and many symptoms and behaviours of addiction can’t be determined with nicotine because it is so readily available.
ACA Brings Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment to Millions
While the ACA now requires insurers selling plans on the online exchanges to offer substance abuse treatment and “mental health parity,” these changes may not translate into effective or immediate help for everyone. But the experts interviewed for this …
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Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Treatment, Though Elderly …
Print. Men Twice As Likely To Enter Substance Abuse Facilities. Although twice as many men seek inpatient treatment for substance abuse, elderly women are nearly three times as likely as men their age to abuse prescription painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Proposed substance abuse treatment center would be a first in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – More West Virginians died as a result of substance abuse in 2013 than auto accidents. That doesn't come as a surprise to Jim Wilkerson. He's the development director of the T Center. Once it's built, it will be the first of its kind …
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Lawyers: Ex-Concord Officer's Addiction Drove Him To Steal Drugs
The Clayton resident is charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, one count of fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs and one count of elder abuse. Switzer turned himself in on the charges Friday at the …
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Addicts deserve compassion, not incarceration
The millions of people we mindlessly incarcerate for drug use are not taken to rehabilitation centers where they can appropriately recover; they are taken to jail, where the root of their addictions are overlooked and the conditions in which they are …
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Opiate addiction crosses all sectors, Mass. Senate panel is told
Ms. Flanagan, who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options, has heard recurring themes: Prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet are prescribed too freely after minor procedures such as wisdom teeth …
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Question by brittany m: I have a few questions for a paper on Drug Abuse. Please help.?
How do people behave when they are addicted to drugs?
(please put the source – where you got the information)
What are the treatments for Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)
How do you prevent Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)
What is the origin of Drug Abuse? Who started it? Where did it come from?
I think it was the Sumerians but I’m not sure.
(please put the source – where you got the information)
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Answer by Witty Wabbit
“What are the Harmful Consequences of Drug Use?” : http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/pubs/adp-apd/straight_facts-faits_mefaits/harmful-torts-eng.php#harmful covers the BEHAVIOUR.
The next page “What is Canada’s Drug Strategy?” discusses about the PREVENTION too.
Treatment, eh?! http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/Treatment.html might help.
I think this article: “The evolutionary origins and significance of drug addiction” might help ya too…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1174878/
Most importantly,”Drugs distribution and use in ancient environments” will give you a clear picture about the ancient substance abuse.
But I betcha, to trace the origin is an impossible stuff … 🙁
Ahhhh that National Center for Biotechnology Information article has everything ya want! 🙂 Happy “papering” 😀
Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and the problem is serious in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region's illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India's pharma industry and smuggled from …
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Keep up drug abuse coverage, Bridgewater Scout urges Enterprise
BRIDGEWATER – For a 12-year-old who has overcome years of a speech-inhibiting medical condition, Steven Anderson has no problem communicating his views on the impact of illegal drug use. The fifth-grader at Williams Intermediate School in Bridgewater …
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Most abusers of addictive prescription meds get them free from friends …
CHICAGO (AP) — Most people who abuse addictive prescription painkillers get them for free from friends or relatives, while drug dealers are a relatively uncommon source for those at highest risk for deadly overdoses, a government study found. People …
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Society's favorite drug affects us more than we think
We — the 87% of Americans who ingest caffeine — boast about being “so addicted,” duck out during work to get a fix and can't even imagine the last time we didn't start off the day with a hit. “It's the only drug that's not really seen as a real drug …
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Indy's heroin epidemic: It's cheap, easy to get, deadly
“Nationwide, you've got 15,000 accidental overdoses on prescription narcotics compared to 5,000 for heroin and cocaine,” Miramonti said. “No one ever saw that coming.” For more than a decade, prescription painkiller abuse was the …. The treatment …
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Sources For Prescription Drugs Often Come From Friends And Family
A new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that most people who abuse prescription painkillers get their fix from friends and family, while those who chronically abuse the addictive opioids most …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Story and Obamacare Coverage of Drug Addiction
These risks include a family history of addiction (drug, alcohol or tobacco), people with other mental conditions (including depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and even loneliness), social or peer pressures (friends with addiction or abuse behaviors …
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