How Drug Addiction Is Destroying the Redwood Forests

How drug addiction is destroying the redwood forests
Authorities say unemployment and drug addiction have spurred an increase in the destructive practice of cutting off the knobby growths at the base of ancient redwood trees to make decorative pieces like lacey-grained coffee tables and wall clocks.
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New Survey From Caron Treatment Centers Finds More Than 50% Of Women Sought Treatment For Prescription Drugs And Heroin
WERNERSVILLE, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Heroin and prescription drug addiction are on the rise among affluent women, reveals a new survey from Caron Treatment Centers, a leader and nationally recognized non-profit provider of alcohol …
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Kabul clinic offers rare shot at hope for Afghanistan's rising drug addict …
Earlier this year, the U.N. drug and crime agency chief Yury Fedotov described the rapid rise of drug addiction in Afghanistan as a “national tragedy” in a country that is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw form of heroin. Efforts to cut …
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Interventions to Reduce HIV Missing Some Drug Users
There are 60 million injection-drug users worldwide, and approximately 3 million are infected with HIV. Although the world is seeing an overall reduction in the number of infected drug users, some populations still wrestle with very high infection …
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Drug addiction on the rise: Why?
Not long ago, one witnessed a thought-provoking billboard on the Murree Road, which read: 'No to narcotics – yes to life; come towards light, life is very beautiful.' The message in Urdu was clear: Love your life, it's worth living; drugs kill you; why …
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