Emerging Trends: “Syrup,” “Purple Drank,””Sizzurp,” “Lean”

Emerging Trends: “Syrup,” “Purple Drank,””Sizzurp,” “Lean” — NIDA’s Community Epidemiology Work Group(CEWG) member and University of Texas Research Scientist, Jane Maxwell, Ph.D talks about the emerging drug trend, dri…

NM Watchdog: Federal arms race? Policing duties expand for some unlikely …
SANTA FE >> In late February, four federal agents carrying side arms with a drug-sniffing dog descended on the Taos Ski Valley in what was called a "saturation patrol." Authorities were working on tips of possible drug selling and impaired driving in …
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Synthetic drugs: an uncontrolled health threat
These drugs are used too commonly by adolescents and young adults. A 2012 study completed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that 15 percent of adolescents had used some form of synthetic drugs in the past year and that these drugs were …
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Pro-marijuana supporters rally in Pa. Capitol
The 25 facts in this slideshow come from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. More · Pittsburghers part of new Colorado pot rush. Marijuana. There's a new kind of Pittsburgh vacation catching on as people trek west to the Rocky Mountain state of …
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