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Benzodiazepine abuse, such as Xanax, Valium, and Ativan, can cause addiction, even death, and withdrawals often need medical intervention.
Benzos, or benzodiazepines, are a class of psychoactive drugs with varying hypnotic, sedative, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and amnesic properties.
One of the serious problems society is facing right now is the problem of heroin addiction. Once the person starts using the drug, the brain’s chemical balance is altered, affecting one’s thinking and behavior. Moreover, as the body starts tolerating the drug, the body would require increased dosage to be able to feel the “high”. And so, dependency on the drug happens. And with dependency, the person would frequently be craving for the drug and could not live normally without the drug.This is how an individual develops heroin addiction.
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Picture a town, way out in the desert of the middle of nowhere. It’s a boom town and right now it’s in a down time. But the work continues day and night. There are about 8,000 families living in this town. Enough people to keep a few schools operating and plenty of car repair shops. And just enough people to mask a significantly large meth operation.
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A new initiative intends to place 30 homeless families in apartments or houses in 30 days. The pilot program will provide financial rental assistance for six months, counseling and intervention with landlords to try to get families currently in shelters into homes and make room in shelters for 30 more families.