What we must teach children about drugs: The 'war on drugs' begins at home

New Pittsburgh Courier;  April 11, 2001 ;     743 words ...What we must teach children about drugs: The `war on drugs' begins at home America does not have a drug problem. It has a people problem. People take drugs. Left to their own devices, drugs just sit harmlessly in...

Drugs, A People Problem

Atlanta Inquirer;  March 31, 2001 ;     711 words ...Atlanta Inquirer 03-31-2001 Drugs, A People Problem "Guns don't kill people-peop...the latter opinion is that, left alone, drugs merely sit harmlessly in little packages...also attempt to stop the flow of illegal drugs into our country and, in what really...

Targeted therapies: will gene screens usher in personalized...

Science News;  September 14, 2002 ;   Christensen, Damaris;   787 words ...Drugs can cure you and they can kill you. More often, they'll do...and abnormal heart rhythms. Because so many people rely on drugs, the problem of side effects amounts to a major public health...high-profile reports have suggested that adverse side effects of drugs rank among the leading causes of ...

A dance with death; Fury over drugs still for sale at Anita...

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 1, 1999 ;   Revill, John;   670 words ...Drugs are still being peddled at the Midland nightclub where a...and Anita's mother, Mrs Elaine Gair, said she was furious drugs were still being sold at the club. Teenagers are so vulnerable...drug. But an undercover reporter has revealed how class A drugs are still on sale at the nightspot. The reporter ...

Drugs and Theater in Early Modern England.(Book review)

Shakespeare Studies;  January 1, 2006 ;   Traister, Barbara Howard;   787 words ...Drugs and Theater in Early Modern England By Tanya Pollard Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 Occasionally...obvious that the reader can only wonder why no one has addressed it before. Pollard's study of drugs and the early modern theater is such a book. Drugs were controversial commodities in early ...

Drugs.com Launches Professional Healthcare Information Resource in...

PR Newswire;  June 4, 2008 ;     480 words ...Drugs.com Mobile Edition Enhances Patient Care by Providing Free...Professional Caregivers NEW YORK, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Drugs.com, the leading online resource for clinical drug and related...professional edition for the iPhone. This new mobile edition of Drugs.com provides physicians and healthcare ...

How our city is aiming to tackle drugs menace.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 26, 2006 ;     386 words ...DRUGS can have a huge effect on a community and, for many people...and information for youngsters is available. Police believe drugs misuse can trigger criminal activity and, in an effort to...the Home Office on March 31 means people can be tested for drugs on arrest, which can help police see if ...

More preteens are using drugs, survey finds.(Originated from Knight-Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 4, 1997 ;   Cannon, Angie;   716 words ...WASHINGTON _ Acceptance of drugs is trickling down to elementary school...9 to 12 reporting they tried illegal drugs, especially marijuana, last year, a new...less information about the dangers of drugs than in years past. ``These findings...

Drugs: the highs and lows

The Sunday Herald;  August 15, 1999 ;   Steve Beard;   787 words ...Writing On Drugs Sadie Plant (Faber, #9.99) Cannabis Culture Patrick Matthews (Bloomsbury...Foucault began to talk publicly about his various experimentations with drugs. "Drugs have now become a part of our culture," he told one interviewer. "Just...

Legalize drugs and stop the war on people.

Education;  December 22, 1995 ;   Geers, Thomas R.;   787 words ...Conventional wisdom tells us drugs are responsible for increasing crime and that therefore the war on drugs should be stepped up even more to reduce...related crime is not related to the USE of drugs; it is related to the dangerous underground...

Schoolkids have drugs 'on a plate'

South Wales Evening Post;  August 11, 2008 ;   laura davies;   528 words ...Hard drugs including cocaine are easily available in...schoolchildren are helping themselves, a town-based drugs charity has claimed. Alan Andrews, who is...intervention service Chooselife, said hard drugs were becoming increasingly common among youngsters...

Legalization of some drugs is worth a try.(Metropolitan Times)(Police...

The Washington Times;  April 29, 1996 ;   Reed, Fred;   693 words ...The possibility of legalizing drugs continues to arise, often in respectable...Countless people would be willing to try drugs, the reasoning goes, since it would be...equivalent. The junkie would receive his drugs, and perhaps have to administer them at...

Drugs Force Many to Adjust Their Lives; Friendships End, Social Activities...

The Washington Post;  January 2, 1989 ;   Richard Morin;   787 words ...Drugs have fundamentally changed daily life in the District and...residents say they stopped seeing a friend during 1988 because of drugs. A majority have stopped going to certain parts of the city...know, and go to places where there won't be any trouble." Drugs and drug violence are hitting every kind of ...

Anti-drugs chief attacks 'arrogance' of substance abuse by professional...

The Scotsman;  January 5, 1999 ;   CONAL URQUHART;   605 words ...PROFESSIONAL people who take drugs are as great a threat to society as any...substance abusers, the Government's anti-drugs campaign co-ordinator claimed yesterday...felt they had the right to buy illegal drugs because they could afford it. "There...

6m pound plan aiming to score a victory in war on drugs

Evening News - Scotland;  March 19, 2002 ;   MARK SMITH;   604 words ...REGULAR updates on illegal drugs circulating in communities will be part of a new 6 million pound anti-drugs strategy unveiled today. The Know The Score...marks the end of the Just Say No message on drugs - with ministers admitting that a "finger-waggi...