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  2. Arguments for and against drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    The lack of government regulation and control over the lucrative illegal drug market has created a large population of unregulated drug dealers who lure many children into the illegal drug trade. The U.S. government's most recent 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reported that nationwide over 800,000 adolescents ages 12–17 ...

  3. Children in clinical research - Wikipedia

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    The study is a reasonable opportunity to further the understanding, prevention, or alleviation of a serious problem that specifically affects children. "Sound ethical principles" are used. In either case, "adequate provisions" must be made to allow the child to decide if they want to participate in the trial.

  4. Gateway drug effect - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, the National Institute on Drug Abuse released a research report which supported allegations that marijuana is a "gateway" [3] to more dangerous substance use; one of the peer-reviewed papers cited in the report claims that while "some studies have found that use of legal drugs or cannabis are not a requirement for the progression to ...

  5. Unhealthy lifestyles and over-dependence on drugs is hurting ...

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    OpEd: In my four decades in medicine, it is increasingly apparent that the drug paradigm, while offering short term resolutions, is not stemming the growing epidemic of childhood health disorders.

  6. Medical experimentation in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Eleven children died in the trial: five after taking Trovan and six after taking an older antibiotic used for comparison in the clinical trial. Others suffered blindness, deafness and brain damage, the cause of which is difficult to determine because these disabilities are relatively common outcomes of the disease itself.

  7. Fact check: Will drug dealers target kids with fentanyl-laced ...

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    Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain that is 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. In 2020, more than 56,000 deaths ...

  8. Drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating substances. An area has a prohibition of drugs when its government uses the force of law to punish the use or possession of drugs which have been classified as controlled.

  9. This New Study Challenges One of the Most Dangerous Myths ...

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    A study we can all celebrate: On Wednesday, the journal Pediatrics published research that shows the severely misguided “social contagion” is not the driving force behind an increasing number ...