Treatment Centers Finding More Cases Of Illicit Drug Use For "John," the wake-up call about his problem with alcohol came after a heart operation earlier this year. Medical examiners had asked him about his alcohol use, and John said he had denied the existence of a problem -- he had always been able to stop drinking before. Then he thought about what he had said: "I had always been able to stop before." But if he had always been able to stop, why was he still drinking? [continues 857 words]
While many students count down the days until traditional holidays like Christmas, Yom Kippur or Thanksgiving, others anticipate very different celebrations -- holidays like April 20. Better known as 4-20, the date unofficially celebrates national drug day. Thirty joints, six blunts and a seven-foot-long tobacco pipe were just part of what junior AZ and his friends had prepared for their celebration. "We started smoking at 4:20 a.m. on the 20th and didn't finish until 4:20 a.m. the next day," he said. [continues 1212 words]
