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Illinois governor vetoes concealed carry bill
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to strike down a previous law banning the concealed carry of weapons in public as against the Second Amendment. Quinn's nine amendments to House Bill 183 range from the definition of 'concealment' to the number of rounds of ammunition legally allowed.
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Teen bullies and risk of depression, suicidal thoughts
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The findings are in line with previous studies suggesting that aggression or other external behaviors may be as important as depression or substance abuse as a suicide risk factor. BOTTOM LINE: Bullying, when a teenager already shows signs of …
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Question by brittany m: I have a few questions for a paper on Drug Abuse. Please help.?
How do people behave when they are addicted to drugs?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

What are the treatments for Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

How do you prevent Drug Abuse?
(please put the source – where you got the information)

What is the origin of Drug Abuse? Who started it? Where did it come from?
I think it was the Sumerians but I’m not sure.
(please put the source – where you got the information)

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Answer by Witty Wabbit
“What are the Harmful Consequences of Drug Use?” : http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/pubs/adp-apd/straight_facts-faits_mefaits/harmful-torts-eng.php#harmful covers the BEHAVIOUR.

The next page “What is Canada’s Drug Strategy?” discusses about the PREVENTION too.

Treatment, eh?! http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/Treatment.html might help.    Read more...

DUI Sentences
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First offenders undergo a 14-hour alcohol abuse rehabilitation program, a substance abuse evaluation and a one-year license suspension with the ability to operate a vehicle if qualified for an ignition interlock device. Wailuku District Court: Amy …
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Summit County Drug Court celebrates fourth graduate
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Participants have to have had a history of substance abuse at the root of their run-ins with the law. And, after meeting all the criteria, potential drug court participants also undergo an extensive mental health and substance abuse evaluation to …
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Question by Pedro: Birth weight question…?
According to The Princeton-Brookings Institute, birth weight can depend on many factors, most of which we can control.
1) The less money you make, the more likely you will have a low weight baby.
2) Marital status. Unwed mothers are much more likely to have a low birth weight baby. So the guy does matter .
3)Mothers age. Teens are much more likely to have low birth weight babies.
4) Parental substance abuse.
5) The neighborhood you live in. If it is a poor neighborhood, you are much more likely to have a low birth weight baby.
Now for the question…
Knowing all this, shouldn’t we as a nation (the US) control or monitor breeding among our countries females?

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Answer by LiquidPeppermint
Yeah, you go ahead and try to get that to pass. Let me know how it works out for ya.    Read more...

Question by Call me-C-4-Curious-: Do you agree w/ the house Republicans-List of wasteful provisions…?
On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly _$ 900 billion_ stimulus bill that is being debated:

• $ 2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.

• A $ 246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

• $ 650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

• $ 88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship) (global warming equipment?)

• $ 448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland
Security headquarters.

• $ 248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.    Read more...

Question by Brittany H: What defines addiction?
What is addiction? How does it affect the body and the brain?

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Answer by amanda
yes, it does. when you are addicted to something, you not only crave it mentally and can’t imagine what you would do without it, but you experience physical symptoms when you cannot fullfill your desire for it. Do not think that if you meet these guidelines then you are an addict but they are certainly traits

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Health officials blame heroin for spike in Maryland overdose deaths
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Heroin overdose deaths soared last year in Baltimore, a city that has struggled with one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in the nation and with the violence that comes with illegal drug dealing. In 2012, 126 people died in the city from heroin …
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