Interventions of meth – Oh what a nightmare of meth.

 

Moldova bans chemical castration sentence for paedophiles

Filed under: drug addiction intervention

Chemical castration involves a man being injected with drugs that effectively blunt his sex drive for a period of time, and does not involve any surgery. The court ruled on Thursday that the procedure represented medical intervention against a person's …
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New show of guerrilla urbanism is both inspiring and a little creepy

Filed under: drug addiction intervention

If you can get used to calling these projects “interventions” (which gives the impression, perhaps correct, that DIY is some kind of gateway drug), there are interventions here that are clever if not genius, like a faux real-estate agency serving the …
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Pain-pill deaths soar among Ohio, US women

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Prescription-drug overdoses are increasing more rapidly among women than men in the United States and in Ohio, prompting calls for more-careful prescribing of the drugs and attention to the potential for addiction. Women are dying at rates that the …
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