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Weed Eases Anxiety, Says the Federal Government

Weed Eases Anxiety, Says the Federal Government
The NIH and its associated National Institute on Drug Abuse have already acknowledged the medicinal effects of marijuana for treating pain and nausea, but have been careful not to back it as an anxiety treatment. In fact, NIDA's page on marijuana …
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Veteran Explains How MDMA Helped Heal His Postwar Trauma
Some U.S. psychiatrists embraced it in the 1970s because of its purported ability to allow patients to be more communicative and to achieve insights about their own problems, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The FDA has never approved …
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Should Drugs Be Legalized?

Question by box778899: Should drugs be legalized?
Self explanitory. I believe that they should stay illegal, for many reasons, I just want to hear yours.

Best answer:

Answer by glamour04111
no-they are killing are children and destroying lives. The dealers need to get real jobs and work for their money just like everyone else.

Answer by polk2525
Some drugs are legal, some are illegal.

Lawmaker Predicts Marijuana Will Be Legal Within 5 Years
Last year, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-angell/bill-clinton-drug-war_b_2271885.html" target="_blank">he appeared</a> in the documentary, "Breaking the Taboo," where he argued that the war on drugs has been a failure. … Some may think of …
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Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet

Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet
Somehow, there's a notion that patients with the chronic illness of addiction are uniquely depressing, as opposed to working with other patients with other chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. This reflects the pervasive view …
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Police chiefs urge victims to break the silence on domestic violence as week
North Herts College in Stevenage is hosting an event on Wednesday followed by a an hour-long march through the town centre which will aim to 'make noise and break the silence on domestic abuse.' … vulnerable people, which includes domestic violence …
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Why Would Republican Senate Vote Nay for H.R. 847?

Question by Dannicus: Why would republican senate vote nay for H.R. 847?
Vote Summary
Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 847 )
Vote Number: 269Vote Date: December 9, 2010, 11:50 AM
Required For Majority: 3/5Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Measure Number: H.R. 847 (James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 )
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:YEAs57
NAYs42
Not Voting1

Washington State Issues First Legal Pot License

Washington State Issues First Legal Pot License
… on Wednesday, as his supporters erupted in applause. The board is due to issue retail licenses later this spring, with sales expected to begin in June or July. Sales began Jan. 1 in Colorado, the only other state to legalize the recreational use of …
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County joins resolution against legalized pot
By getting signatures of governments throughout the state, the local MatForce coalition against drug abuse seeks to send a message that the initiative petition drive isn't welcome here. "We need to make ourselves a hard target for the Marijuana Policy …
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Seventh-Day Adventist Anti-Gay Summit Held in Africa This Month

Seventh-day Adventist Anti-Gay Summit Held in Africa This Month
Three professional testimonialists (they all have speaking tours, books, and videos about their ex-gay/holiness-not-homosexuality platform to promote) who say precisely what the church wants to hear are the only representation from the queer community …
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Social Networking: Is it helpful or hazardous to your mental health?
Her technology oriented son gifted her an iPad for her 80th birthday and purchased her credit on various applications to secure movies and e- books and set her up with a Facebook account. Through her Facebook account, Elizabeth was able to reconnect …
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