Coalition Against Substance Abuse To Make Presentation To Parents Of Ridgefield Students RIDGEFIELD -- A survey of Ridgefield High School students done in April showed 26 percent of the student body drank to excess on at least one occasion in the previous weeks. Of the 1,270 students who took part in anonymous survey, 24 percent felt that it was important to use restraint -- not to drink alcohol, use drugs or have sex. These statistics and more will be given to parents Monday at 7:30 p.m. in East Ridge Middle School in a presentation by the Coalition Against Substance Abuse. [continues 434 words]
In what appears as a perpetual fraud, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Kaduna, The Campaign against Substance and Drug Abuse (CASADA), has allegedly swindled the government of 2 million naira in the name of organising a workshop against drug abuse among youths. The NGO, CASADA had, in, July 17, 2007 approached the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Commandant, Mohammed Malami Sokoto to collaborate and hold a workshop on the menace of drug abuse among youths in Zaria , of which a covering letter was written to the Governor Namadi Sambo by NDLEA, and he approved the sum. [continues 125 words]
TORONTO -- The first time Ryan Fentie smoked salvia, he was overwhelmed by the sudden, intense feelings that swept over him. A huge hole opened in the ground before him, vines snaked out of the pit and encircled his feet and he felt himself become a part of them. "I had no idea what the drug was doing to me," Fentie recalled. "It feels like you entered another world." His high came from a powerful hallucinogenic drug that can be bought - -- legally -- at convenience stores and head shops across Toronto. [continues 228 words]
Antidrug officials in the Northwest have discovered that marijuana growers are cultivating and concealing illegal crops on a large scale among grapevines in Washington state. Since July 8, law-enforcement agencies in Washington's Yakima Valley have seized from the region's vineyards more than 200,000 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of more than $165 million. The agencies say they expect to find more of the plants in vineyards as the marijuana-growing season nears its conclusion in late September. The Yakima Valley is about 150 miles southeast of Seattle. [continues 522 words]
Baby Boomers Made Marijuana Their 'Gateway' -- and Some Still Can't Let Go, a Report Says -- but a Younger Generation Finds Prescription Drugs Are an Easier Score. It's been four decades since the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but aging baby boomers haven't stopped turning on. The federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released earlier this month, finds that as boomers move into their 50s in large numbers, drug use among older adults in the United States has hit its highest point ever. [continues 1183 words]
I suffer from chronic lower back pain and am a medical cannabis patient ("Pot law: a scam," Sept. 3). And I don't like the idea that San Bernardino County wants to fight to overturn California's Medical Marijuana Program Act. For six years, I was taking a powerful painkiller. It almost killed me - -- thank you, Food and Drug Administration. Then I tried cannabis, and at least I could think and be creative and not act like a drunk, or so says my wife, who is a registered nurse. So please, foes of legal, medicinal marijuana, go shut down drugstores that peddle drugs to little old ladies in pain. Oh, and don't forget to shut down your liquor stores, too. Lawrence Gallegos Sr. Moreno Valley [end]
HELENA - Summer Sutton-Day said all her husband, Scott Day, wanted in life was to live with as little pain as possible while helping others find a way to cope with their suffering. Scott was diagnosed as a child with mucopolysaccharidosis, a rare congenital disease caused by the lack of certain enzymes which, over the course of his life, spawned diverse and severe physical pain and other serious health problems. When he was diagnosed, doctors said he probably wouldn't live to see his twenties. [continues 1761 words]
Youth Learn Skills Needed to Avoid Drugs, Gangs and Violence Purcell, Ok -- Youth attending Purcell Schools will be seeing a new face this year when it comes to DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). Purcell Police Officer Scott Stephens will be the new part-time DARE instructor. He comes into the job after longtime DARE instructor Phil Hightower retired in the spring. DARE is an opportunity to give youth the skills needed to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence. A police officer or deputy sheriff leads the series of classroom lessons that teach children and youth from kindergarten through 12th grade. These lessons teach how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug- and violence-free lives. [continues 327 words]
