Western Europe, more precisely Germany, has now inherited another drug. It is known as krokodil crocodile or (its official name being desomorphine) and is a new drug that has been devastating Russia since 2002. Authorities in the field are warning people on the damage that this drug can cause. This drug is in fact used [...]
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A Canadian federal crime bill was given royal assent two weeks ago. Mandatory minimum sentences are to be a provision of the new federal crime bill. It leads one to question the effectiveness of this bill. It has already been found to be unsuccessful in other countries that have adopted the whole “war on drugs” [...]
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William Benitez in 1968 was no longer in the penitentiary and no longer using heroin. He had two years earlier started a movement in the world of drug rehabilitation. He’d seen the worst of himself and experienced wasted years struggling for his next fix. He learned how to cut lose of addiction and how to make others able to do the same. Well the years were not wasted really, because now he knew how to save others from the same fate. And he knew how to communicate a message.
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The subject of Drug Prevention is pretty broad. I’ve written an earlier article on drug prevention best practices. It was mainly addressed to what would get your drug prevention grant application approved. If you want to read it, see Drug Prevention Grants, Best Practices… One effective approach to drug prevention is actually Drug Education. You might find [...]
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Some years ago when I was a Grant Review Panellist for the City of Toronto Drug Prevention Grants Committee, I had the opportunity to study proposals from about 100-120 non-profit groups per year. I had participated in some on-site observations at times, looking for results of the funds we approved. Following are examples of known Best [...]
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Narconon encourages parents to talk drugs to their kids from an early age, and in a natural way. Anything to do with our kids, we like to know about – not be taken by surprise. The time to start talking to kids about drugs is not in panic mode, when you suspect that they are using, but as from an early age. This is a subject that comes up sometimes during general conversation with your child, and it should be considered and discussed.
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With Canada being one of the top distributors and producers of synthetic drugs, according to the United Nations 2009 Drug Report, it makes sense for the illicit drug crimes to be on a continuous rise in the country.
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Although this drug has been around for sometime, it has just recently become popular amongst certain populations in Ontario, Canada.
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