Students for Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society.
SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.
Julie Kahn-Schaye is the Program Director at Transition House in Boston, MA. Established in 1986, as the first program of its kind to introduce the issues of domestic and dating violence to youth in Massachusetts’s schools, the Dating Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) has become one of the most successful violence prevention programs in greater Boston.
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As an author, entrepreneur and life trainer for teens, Vanessa has dedicated her life to helping parents and teenagers mend their relationships. After witnessing many of her friends from high school and college ruin their lives with drugs and alcohol, she learned that most of their anger stemmed from poor relationships with their parents. She believes that by helping bridge the communication gap and providing safer activities for teens, generation Y will grow up to be happier and healthier adults. Related Links:
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Recently I sat down with Tim Burns. Tim is an expert on how alcohol misuse (too much) can cause problems with how the brains works. There is a lot noise being made in drug education about this drug causes brain damage or that causes memory loss. Separating fact from fiction is difficult because - well, because people usually have pretty good hearts and don’t want to see someone get hurt. That being said, Tim Burns offers some interested insights into how alcohol usage can impact grades, creativity, and athletic performance.
Salvia divinorum is a soft-leaved green plant, native to Southern Mexico, which contains a powerful psychoactive chemical known as Salvinorin. S. divinorum has been used traditionally in Mexico for healing and divination and became available in the underground psychedelic culture around the world starting in the early 1990’s. S. divinorum is also known as “la pastora” / “the shepherdess”, “the leaves of the shepherdess”, “diviner’s mint” or “diviner’s sage”, and in context simply as “Salvia”. There are many species and varieties within the genus ‘Salvia’ and plants commonly found in garden stores are almost certainly not S. divinorum unless specifically labeled as such.
Notice they check his heart rate and he grabs the electric heater. Luckily the heater appears to be off. Like many of the effects of hallucinogens, people can react in ways that can cause them great harm. All drugs are dangerous.
The family of a Minnesota woman who died of an alcohol overdose after a night of drinking to celebrate her 21st birthday is suing the bar and friends who provided her with alcohol, KARE-TV reported Feb. 29.
Amanda Jax died with a 0.46 blood-alcohol content after a night of drinking with friends at the Sidelines Bar and Grill in Mankato, Minn. She reportedly drank two beers at home before consuming a pitcher of Long Island Ice Tea, five shots of liquor, two more beers, and a mix of cherry vodka and an energy drink at the bar.
There is little doubt among responsible researchers that marijuana–although it is addictive for some people–is sometimes a clinically useful drug. However, there is little incentive for commercial pharmaceutical houses to pursue research on the cannabis plant itself, since they cannot patent it.
The use of marijuana in the treatment of glaucoma is well established. As for the relief of nausea caused by chemotherapy, the precise antiemetic mechanism has not yet been identified, but several studies show that marijuana works at least as well as the popular remedy Compazine for controlling nausea. Cancer patients have used marijuana successfully to increase appetite and combat severe weight loss.
Q: My friends say that smoking out of a hookah (or shisha) is safe and not bad for you like cigarettes are. What are the health facts on smoking out of a hookah?
A: Tobacco smoked out of hookahs (also known as shishas or Arabic water pipes) involves the same risks as smoking tobacco in any other form, including increased risk of developing lung cancer and other respiratory-related health problems. Be cautious when tobaccos sold for hookahs claim to contain no tar, as the tar is only produced when the material is smoked. Sometimes, people smoke herbal fruits or flavors out of hookahs, but there exists no research on possible effects from smoking non-tobacco material.
Milwaukee’s Best is running a series of commercials asking men to be “real men”. But what does this mean? According to MBL, it means showing no concern for your health and not showing any emotion that deviates from the very limited list they offer as “male”. What implications does this have on how young men develop their own identities about becoming a man.? Being male is not a choice, becoming a man is.
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