Canadian Health Authorities Warn of 'Bath Salts' Drug

Published June 3, 2012

Canadian health authorities warn of 'bath salts' drug
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse has issued an alert about "bath salts", a new synthetic drug that is illegal in some countries and in parts of the U.S., but still legal in Canada.
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Orthodox Sex Abuse Family: They Tried To Shut Us Up With Chivas Regal
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The family of a Brooklyn man being treated for drug addiction in California traces his problems back to sexual abuse by a yeshiva teacher, when he was just 9 years old. "I do recall the rabbi being over here, trying to hush up my dad," Yosef Werner–the abuse survivor's brother–told PIX 11 Friday.
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Addiction Series: Drug and Alcohol
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The National Institute of Drug Abuse estimates ten percent of Americans have a drug or alcohol problem.
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Surge in babies born into drug addiction
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Several tubes attached to IV poles fed into a hospital crib that resembled a cage, its frame rattling noisily as its occupant, a 9-month-old girl, tried to stand. Penelope was born without most of her intestine, and despite the many ports that dripped medicine and nutrients into her tiny body, the…
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